Soldering question

[mailman35]

hello again
i have a question regarding soldering and connectors, i recently just got 2 turnigy 4000mah 3s packs. woot!
the problem i have is they have 8 gauge wire to what appears to be 5mm bullets, and the wire that i have on hand and that feeds the power board on the dji flamewheel is 14 gauge.
i figure im not pulling enough current to make that big of a difference, but my question is around how to get the 8gauge wire connected to a deans connector, with out snipping the existing tips off the battery, it looks like the wire will be taking up most of the back end of the connector.

can anyone offer some advice for how to get this solved? im gonna be heading to a hobby store tomorrow(as radio shack sucks for parts) to look for 5.5mm bullets.
or is there a way to get a deans plug connected up?

thanks in advance.


(edit)

i think the google helped me with my question, seems im not alone here so i trimmed the wire so that i could fit it on the end of the plug, fluxed and tinned the cable 1 lead at a time, soldered it up to the connector, then repeated....

 

[kloner]

you snip off one wire right at the base and solder it up to the deans, after i got the heat shrink placed, i do the next wire. You kinda need a hot iron, if you don'[t have a nice electric, look at them disposable propane, there hotter than hell.

I got this one, tins 8 gauge in about 10 seconds, go to a tinned deans wet and stick it
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wall-Trig-R...ng-Gun-550-300w-120v-Box-Manual-/320832343480

bought it off a snap on truck 20 years ago, kicks butt. i've got 40+ packs, never had a failure in the last 3 years been using the lipos in models

 

[DucktileMedia]

one word of advice. If for some reason you buy the chinese version of the Dean's....like the ones at Servocity, it helps to connect the male and female while you solder them. The chinese plastic melts at a much lower temperature and can cool down in a deformed position making the 2 halves not align. I think eventually I will get away from Deans all together, like many on here have already done. those xt60's look nice.

 

[Bartman]

to solder heavy wires to Deans I first tin the Deans prong (usually the positive first) then I tin the wire. with the wire still hot I sit it on the tinned Deans prong and push it against the prong with the iron. as the wire begins to re-melt I add a bit more solder (with my teeth as I'm holding the wire with a small spring clamp and the soldering iron with my other hand) and only heat it to the point where the solder on the prong re-melts and flows up into the wire. remove the iron, let it solidify then quickly give it a little rub with some alcohol to keep the heat from escaping down the wire and shrinking the heat-shrink tube before you can slide it into place.
after the first one I then tin the other prong, tin the other wire and do the same thing as the first time.

doing it in this order seems to keep me from overheating the Deans or Cheans (Chinese Deans) connectors. only strip about 1/8" of wire to solder.

Good luck!

 

[mailman35]

yeah i got a small weller soldering station so i cranked the knob up all the way and put on a wide tip. fluxed the cable and hit it with the iron then solder. and then did the heat shrink once i got one side done.



first time i soldered the deans plug i heated it a bit to much and did melt the plug and couldnt figure out why it didnt want to fit in the connector.

 

[mailman35]

also tomorrow the quad goes back together!

 

[kloner]

awesome.....