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tangled
15-10-2011, 12:11 PM
No doubt an easy one, but I'm new to RC and these new fangled lipo batteries, so I'd like confirmation on what connectors these are - are they simply 4mm bullet connectors? They seem to be longer than most I see online, and are free to revolve around the solder connection; came with the Orion CarbonPro saddles I recently received and I'd like to make some more cables up.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6098/6245602241_e0372e5722.jpg

Thanks.

blue_pinky
15-10-2011, 12:19 PM
Yep, they are 4mm bullets....commonly known as Corally's in the RC world!

Buy them cheap in bulk off ebay...or more expensively (if a couple of quid is really expensive!) in singles and pairs from model shops. :thumbsup:

Crazy L
15-10-2011, 12:19 PM
yup, just yer average 4mm Corally style connectors. :thumbsup:

tangled
15-10-2011, 12:25 PM
Thanks for the prompt replies, guys. I'd measure the plugs with Vernier calipers and they're 3.5mm so assumed/ordered 3.5mm bullets!

blue_pinky
15-10-2011, 06:32 PM
To get 3.5mm...did you measure the plug or the receiving socket? I suspect the 4mm comes from the socket diameter!

Happy to help anyway :thumbsup:

tangled
15-10-2011, 10:41 PM
To get 3.5mm...did you measure the plug or the receiving socket? I suspect the 4mm comes from the socket diameter!

Happy to help anyway :thumbsup:

Doh - slaps ample forehead! :lol:

Measured the OD of the plug... was too scared to go anywhere near the sockets on the batteries anyway, as they are in a lipo sack in a lead sarcopahgus buried at the back of a garden, with an exlusion zone clearly marked in hazard tape.

See, told you I was new to this malarkey!

shaun m
16-10-2011, 06:56 AM
here you go .. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370516146904?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

ill be getting some too , mine are getting old and slack !! :p

tangled
16-10-2011, 07:08 AM
here you go .. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370516146904?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

ill be getting some too , mine are getting old and slack !! :p

Cheers; funnily enough I've bought from the same eBay seller - pack of ten pairs with heat shrink.