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Old November 27th 12, 04:59 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Evan Ludeman[_4_]
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Default Battery plugs, etc.

On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:46:07 AM UTC-5, Don wrote:
Our club uses 4 pin jones plugs for battery plugs, 2 pins positive and 2

pins negative for redundancy. But even this is not fool proof after

passage of time: sometimes they need to be "wiggled" to connect and

they are getting hard to find now too. What kinds of plugs are other

clubs or commercial ops using? I'm not a big fan of the nylon molex

connectors. Someone recommended using PowerPole connectors. Any

experience with these?


Power poles are fine.

But the XT60 connectors becoming popular in electric RC models are even better imo. Compact, cheap, polarized, extremely rugged. That said, I still have Molex connectors in my glider (to do list...)

-Evan Ludeman / T8