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Title: banana plugs GRRR!
Post by: dave siegler on August 28, 2017, 09:54:47 AM
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.
Title: Re: banana plugs GRRR!
Post by: FLOYD CARTER on August 28, 2017, 10:46:35 AM
You can "expand" the plug.  Put it in a vise and tap the end until it expands.  Most electronic stores have replacements.

Floyd
Title: Re: banana plugs GRRR!
Post by: bill bischoff on August 28, 2017, 11:43:35 AM
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!
Title: Re: banana plugs GRRR!
Post by: Paul Smith on August 28, 2017, 12:13:11 PM
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

Title: Re: banana plugs GRRR!
Post by: Peter Nevai on August 28, 2017, 06:29:29 PM
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
Title: Re: banana plugs GRRR!
Post by: Paul Wescott on August 29, 2017, 05:24:53 PM
Quote from: Peter Nevai on August 28, 2017, 06:29:29 PM
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.
Title: Re: banana plugs GRRR!
Post by: frank mccune on September 04, 2017, 09:46:53 AM
    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
Title: Re: banana plugs GRRR!
Post by: Fredvon4 on September 04, 2017, 11:57:03 AM
It went up to $24 and gold plated.... Radio Shack $2.99 sets of 4 were always junk
Title: Re: banana plugs GRRR!
Post by: bob whitney on September 04, 2017, 12:02:40 PM
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
Title: Re: banana plugs GRRR!
Post by: frank mccune on September 04, 2017, 05:57:02 PM
     Hello Bob:

     Where does on obtain Deans Plugs?

                                                                                                    Tia,

                                                                                                     Frank McCune
Title: Re: banana plugs GRRR!
Post by: dave siegler on September 04, 2017, 06:39:56 PM
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.