Common Sense RC One Piece Adapter Plug (T-Style Male to Traxxas Female) (2)
About this part
The Common Sense One Piece T-Style to Traxxas Adapter Plug will allow you to connect any T-Style equipped battery to an ESC or charger with Traxxas High Current, or Traxxas iD type male connectors. Package includes two adapter plugs.
NOTE: This adapter is not recommended for charging applications and should be used as an ESC/Battery adapter only.
Reviews3.3 · 4 reviews
This thing looks pretty solid built at first glance. However, putting them on a brand new Gens Ace Shorty 4600mah battery with deans connector and charge on Traxxas EZ Peak Plus, it won't charge at all! I make sure the balance charging connector is secured in place on the charger but still the charger won't recognize the battery and the 4A LED will flash to issue the error message. Get hold of multimeter to measure the balance port and +- port on the battery and see reasonable voltage 3.8V and 7.6V. I then tend to believe EZ peak charger might have some issue so searched on YouTube to see there are many people having success charging Gens Ace battery with EZ peak charger. I almost pulled a trigger on purchasing a Protek charger and Protek shorty LIPO but finally I decided to give it a try by prying the metal contact upward a little bit inside the adaptor plastic housing. That is the magic and now the charger can recognize the battery and starts charging once plugged in. However, now the adatpor won't plug into the male traxxas connector on the ESC, just because the slightly tilted metal contact inside the adaptor is in the way. I compared the traxxas female connector and this adaptor, both of which are supposed to work the same. I found the traxxas female connector has metal contact on both sides inside the plastic housing, which can "pinch" the male connector to have solid conductivity. This adaptor does not, which might explain why the charger won't recognize it maybe because of the bad metal2metal contact in the first place. Anyway I do not recommend this product.
Great adapters, Using on my UDR and being an all in one, leave plenty of room for the cover to not stress the wires or connections when putting the cover on.
bought these to use on a traxxas battery and they werked perfect, would buy again
Junk! While I was on my boat, the adapter plug melted and caught on fire. Lucky it didn't burned the battery or the ESC. Had to pry it out and solder the dean connector.
Four verified-owner reviews of the T-Style Male to Traxxas Female adapter plug give mixed ratings. Two reviewers (5/5) report it fits well and works reliably on Traxxas batteries, one noting enough room for the cover so wires are not stressed. Two reviewers rated it 1/5 and 2/5 after reporting failures: one reports a charging error on a Traxxas EZ-Peak Plus with a Gens Ace battery, and another reports the plug melting and catching fire during use on a boat. The reviews do not clearly establish a cause for the charging problem. Build quality is described as solid at first glance by the lower-rated reviewer. The small number of reviews and the conflicting experiences limit confidence.
- + Solid build at first glance
- + Fits well with room for battery cover
- + Works well on Traxxas batteries
- − Charging error reported with a Gens Ace battery on EZ-Peak Plus
- − Plug melted and caught fire during use
- − Required soldering a Deans connector after failure