if it was six cell only then wouldnt current drawn be a lot lower and make a smaller connector useable? quite agree though, "any connection used in an electrical system needs to be equal to or above the design current for the installation" small quote from electrical regs BS7671, if it applies to houses and industry, shouldnt we take notice?
anyway, how many people have seen a newbie at a club change his motor then watch his car stop and smoke on the track when his tamiya connector gives up, as far as i can find they are 25A rated, although they are crap. not seen deans or corally fail, the problem could be with some deans connectors, the holes seem to vary in size quite a bit, some are really tight, some are too loose to make proper connection, when i changed to lipo they had loose deans fitted one of which did melt slightly and fail in a touring car, if a lower quality connector can fail in a touring car with a 13 turn brushless then it is definately going to fail in an 1/8 buggy. big problem really is you cannot police the quality of peoples connectors, only the type. if a good type of connector is specified then doesnt that help everyone, wouldnt you rather spend an extra £10 on a pack of connectors and know you are going to be reliable?
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