Blue E-Flite Connectors

[ChuckTSeeker]

Hi i have a new Battery and i need to fit a new female connector to fit the Blade one, so can someone tell me which way you fit the gold connectors to the plastic bit? do you solder the wires on then push the gold connector through from the back of the blue plastic bit to secure them? or do you put the wires through the blue plastic bit, then solder the wires on and then pull the gold connectors into the blue plastic bit?

anyone fitted new ones?

cheers chuck

[jimzpsd]

solder first then insert to the plastic connector, when you push them into the conncetor, use a small screw driver and as it goes in, you feel a pop, this is when it is fully seated.

[misterg74]

Slide the blue cover over the wires FIRST then solder the metal ends on when your finished the blue cover will clip over the brass ends .......... unless you solder like me and have solder ALL over the sides of the brass ends ....LOL

[ChuckTSeeker]

thanks for that, just wanted to make sure :thumbup:

cheers chuck

[misterg74]

????????????? I've done it both ways and the way I described was the only way I got her to pop ............???????? I dunno

[Wolfpackin]

Slide the blue cover over the wires FIRST then solder the metal ends on when your finished the blue cover will clip over the brass ends


That's not how Horizon/E-flite say to do it.
I'll look for the link.

[Wolfpackin]

That didn't take nearly as long as I thought it would.
http://www.e-fliterc.com/Articles/Article.aspx?ArticleID=1768

[misterg74]

K my bad ........ like i'ke i said done it both ways wasn't sure exactly wich way was right .......... but it worked :lol: This is why I watch this forum :thumbup:You guys rock:noteworthy

[ChuckTSeeker]

thanks again to Jim and to Wolf for looking up the correct way to do it ;)

misterg you just confused me after i already had an answer from Jim, but thanks for trying anyway, i'll go with Jim and Wolfs answer though :P

cheers chuck

PS thats a great page/site Wolf, i'll remember to look there first next time i have an E-Flite related question

[Wolfpackin]

No worries guys,
We always get it right in the end.

There's a similar thread on this topic somewhere. I thought it was here but I can't find it now.
But one other important point that was mentioned is to use a 40W soldering iron. Anything less will not get the job done, well it will if you want to sit around soldering for about two hours.
...been there.:(

[LockMD]

K my bad ........ like i'ke i said done it both ways wasn't sure exactly wich way was right .......... but it worked :lol: This is why I watch this forum :thumbup:You guys rock:noteworthy


NO WAY, I did the same as you misterg....much easier....you see that guy in the vid using all that force to punch them in......easier the way you mentioned :thumbup:

But I have upgraded to deans so no worries there.

[misterg74]

TY lock 4 gettin my back ........ Like I said I did both ways and the way I described worked better 4 me .......... Just sharin what i've learned from ya'll

[LockMD]

TY lock 4 gettin my back ........ Like I said I did both ways and the way I described worked better 4 me .......... Just sharin what i've learned from ya'll


Funny cause I just answered this question earlier today (your way) for fozy, this was my post:


slide the blue plasic down the wire, put the metal tubes in a vice fill with solder attach wires then slide plastic over the metal tubes it will click into place. I did the same a while back but have since just changed the heli to deans - makes life easier

[ChuckTSeeker]

Oh well i did it the way the manufacture suggested and it worked just fine, they popped into place with very little effort

at a guess I'd say it's a safety thing as doing it the way E-Flite says, allows you to do one plug at a time, to lessen the chance of shorting the two wires out, if you did it the other way as suggested by a couple of members, you have to pull the blue part down onto both connectors at once, hence more chance of shorting the two wires

again thanks for that link, it worked perfect for my job

cheers chuck

[LockMD]

Oh well i did it the way the manufacture suggested and it worked just fine, they popped into place with very little effort

at a guess I'd say it's a safety thing as doing it the way E-Flite says, allows you to do one plug at a time, to lessen the chance of shorting the two wires out, if you did it the other way as suggested by a couple of members, you have to pull the blue part down onto both connectors at once, hence more chance of shorting the two wires

again thanks for that link, it worked perfect for my job

cheers chuck

no silly, you only strip one wire at a time.