Molex battery connectors?
08-21-2012, 08:10 PM
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Molex battery connectors?
Hey guys, I was just wondering what a "molex" plug is? I am familiar with the deans, traxxas and tamiya plugs, but have never heard of the molex plugs. The reason I ask is that I want to go to a starter box soon and amain lists it as having a molex plug. Thanks
08-21-2012, 09:15 PM
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RE: Molex battery connectors?
While I enjoy the sarcastic, humor attempt of your reply (notice I said attempt) the google search didnt answer the question any further than my own google search. Thanks for playing though.
08-22-2012, 06:14 AM
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Generally molex(when not given a number) are the larger 4 pin plugs on PC power supplies that seem to getting phased out. Stuff like older ATA hard drives, CD-ROM drives, and 5 1/4 disk drives used em,
Now there are other numbers like the 5240-2P which is a 2 pin cable that semi looks like what they use on some minis for battery connectors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_connector
Tamiya connectors oddly everywhere I looked were called just tamiya connector as I don't think they were designed by molex. Molex has a similar one, but not compatible if I remember it right.
Now there are other numbers like the 5240-2P which is a 2 pin cable that semi looks like what they use on some minis for battery connectors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_connector
Tamiya connectors oddly everywhere I looked were called just tamiya connector as I don't think they were designed by molex. Molex has a similar one, but not compatible if I remember it right.
08-22-2012, 10:02 AM
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RE: Molex battery connectors?
ORIGINAL: FahrtAutoRC
I stand corrected
Learn something new every day *back in the box, Fahrt, BACK!!!*
I stand corrected
Learn something new every day *back in the box, Fahrt, BACK!!!*
But then again tamiya has a habit of making their own stuff that is just a TAD different than normal specs like how my LHS had a worker used to call their pinions those funky sized tamiya pinions.
08-22-2012, 03:53 PM
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RE: Molex battery connectors?
If someone is referring to a "Molex" connector in the RC world, it's the same thing as a Tamiya connector. Now there are mini Tamiya and Molex connectors I believe, but as long as someone in RC says a "Molex" or "Tamiya" they mean the same thing.
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RE: Molex battery connectors?
Actually you basically ARE right. A "Molex" plug is a clear-ish plastic plug with metal crimp on pins inside like the tamiya and pc plugs mentioned. It is not 1 specific plug. They come from 1 pin to about 20 pins and the name is more of a type than a specific plug or standard. Most the time in this hobby though if someone says "molex" they mean a tamiya plug, although the standard 2-pin molex is not actually the same exact plug. Molex is actually the name of the company that pioneered most of these type plugs many years ago. Todd
Now I just gotta wait til i get my cash and Ill buy my starter box
08-23-2012, 10:26 PM
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RE: Molex battery connectors?
ORIGINAL: SyCo_VeNoM
Generally molex(when not given a number) are the larger 4 pin plugs on PC power supplies that seem to getting phased out. Stuff like older ATA hard drives, CD-ROM drives, and 5 1/4 disk drives used em,
Now there are other numbers like the 5240-2P which is a 2 pin cable that semi looks like what they use on some minis for battery connectors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_connector
Tamiya connectors oddly everywhere I looked were called just tamiya connector as I don't think they were designed by molex. Molex has a similar one, but not compatible if I remember it right.
Generally molex(when not given a number) are the larger 4 pin plugs on PC power supplies that seem to getting phased out. Stuff like older ATA hard drives, CD-ROM drives, and 5 1/4 disk drives used em,
Now there are other numbers like the 5240-2P which is a 2 pin cable that semi looks like what they use on some minis for battery connectors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_connector
Tamiya connectors oddly everywhere I looked were called just tamiya connector as I don't think they were designed by molex. Molex has a similar one, but not compatible if I remember it right.
Molex is not the tamiya plug and they are not compatable.
here is a picof a tamiya to molex connector
08-23-2012, 10:30 PM
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RE: Molex battery connectors?
ORIGINAL: celica49
While I enjoy the sarcastic, humor attempt of your reply (notice I said attempt) the google search didnt answer the question any further than my own google search. Thanks for playing though.
While I enjoy the sarcastic, humor attempt of your reply (notice I said attempt) the google search didnt answer the question any further than my own google search. Thanks for playing though.
here u might find this more helpfull that me
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6mvnMW_nnY[/youtube]
