banana plugs GRRR!

[dave siegler]

So the banana plugs keep falling you of my power panel, got any ideas. starter cable is stiff. 

replace the plugs and the sockets? 

I have been tweating the plugs to make them tigher but not too sucessful.

[FLOYD CARTER]

You can "expand" the plug.  Put it in a vise and tap the end until it expands.  Most electronic stores have replacements.

Floyd

[bill bischoff]

4mm brushless motor bullet connectors will fit and work better. Or, you could wire a Deans Ultra plug socket right to the battery, and install a matching plug on the starter. I bet it won't accidentally come apart!

[Paul Smith]

I  noticed that some of the power panels & other banana plugs don't fit so well.  Plugs are under-size.

I have been buying banana plug patch cables from a high end electrical supplier and cutting them in half to make two good-quality plugs.  The cable is factory-sealed to the wire.

Pomona. B-48-2.    pomonaelectronics.com

[Peter Nevai]

You could try these.
https://www.amazon.com/Locking-Stacking-Carbonate-Insulated-Thumbscrew/dp/B00O3NTB28/ref=pd_day0_23_7?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=AYV09WH0SBHTNQT3R9ZF

[Paul Wescott]

You could try these.
https://www.amazon.com/Locking-Stacking-Carbonate-Insulated-Thumbscrew/dp/B00O3NTB28/ref=pd_day0_23_7?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=AYV09WH0SBHTNQT3R9ZF

$24?!?!  Yikes.

[frank mccune]

    Hi Dave:

    I must concur that a good banana plug is a rare item!  I have tried three different brands and the spring fingers are made of some type of dead soft metal.  I expand them for tight fit, and they are deformed, ruined, the first use.

     Where has all of the quality in goods gone?

                                                                                                           Frank McCune

[Fredvon4]

It went up to $24 and gold plated.... Radio Shack $2.99 sets of 4 were always junk

[bob whitney]

I have changed almost all of my power panel and electric starter connections to Deans Plugs the one I haven't keeps coming apart at the worst times

[frank mccune]

     Hello Bob:

     Where does on obtain Deans Plugs?

                                                                                                    Tia,

                                                                                                     Frank McCune

[dave siegler]

it you use deans plugs or bullet connectors, do you have pigtail off the battery?  or something else? 

D you have some panel mount solution? 

I have a mess of Anderson power poles that I wont use for e- flight.  I may do that. 

I need to to that with my glow leads as well.