Well, I got two of my heavier rides, that use 3S packs, fitted with the EC5 connectors. After soldering the bullets up, and letting them cool, I put them in the backside of the connector housing to "snap" them into place. Using a small screwdriver, I began pushing on the bullet. Son of gun those things are tough. I had to get a better stance to get a bit more leverage and make some "manly" grunting noises to help the process along. Pow! The whole bullet shot right on through the housing missing it's mark.

I'm thinking to myself... what the heck?! Probably one reason why I gave up on the EC5 connectors before. So I unsolder the wire and start over again. The same freaking thing happened...the bullet just shot on through the connector housing again.

"Piss on it', I said. So I grabbed the opposite (female) mating bullet and put it on the male bullet. I began to push the bullets into the housing from the front side this time. With a little grunt....the bullet popped into it's little cavity.

I know the EC5 connectors I have are knockoffs, but it's just weird that I can only get the bullets go into the housing from the "front" of the connector. I 'll have to check the chamfered edges on the bullets to see if one pack is different from previous packs.