Tamiya Connector Questions

[drmemory1701]

Gotcha! My dilemma has to due with a spare battery I have
that has a large Molex connector and all my AEG's use the
small version Molex connector. I want to purchase a
size/gender changer to allow the battery to be used in my AEG's.

My memory is fuzzy on how determine what constitutes Male vs.
Female. I was told conflicting ways to determine gender. By
convention I would assume that the AEG's have small female
connectors and the mating batteries should have small male
connectors.

The spare battery would then have a large male connector. Then
the appropriate adaptor would be "Large Female to Small Male
Adaptor"...Am I wrong in my determination? If someone with the
knowledge would state the solution to this battery conundrum or
know of a reference source for such information, I would be most
grateful. I've already lost one night's sleep, I don't plan on going
for two.

Thanking You In Advance

[schmitty]

Battery's have female connectors. The guns have male connectors. The reference to male and female should be quite obvious as male connectors have a part that protrudes from it while female connectors have a hole the male part goes into. So to plug a large tamiya type connector battery into a mini type connector on an AEG you will need an adapter with a large male on one end and a small female on the other.

Better still replace all your connectors on everything (guns, batteries, chargers ) with deans connectors. They work much better than tamiya connectors (the type that AEG's come with)

Schmitty

[schmitty]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tamiya_Connector.gif#file

[Medic]

Schmitty, I was actually just looking at that wiki article. Please, please, rename the thread ;D Just kidding. ;D

[CharleyNovember]

And 9 months later we get mini connectors right?....