in fact, tamiya connectors melted on me when i put lipos on my leopard esc... and it happened to my bud on his hobbywing esc too. the gold plug connectors are the best for high current in my opinion. that is to say because gold is the best metal conductor, then gld plugs should be the best connections. deans and traxxas are both good connectors for high current from what i hear as well. in driftredemption's case id just stick gold plugs on the esc and get an adapter for the charger. unless the charger takes the balancer plug, in which case u dont need to change anything