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I need to go from Tamiya to XT60's. Also, I need this info by tonight so I can do whatever work before tomorrow, otherwise I won't have any batteries for my gun therefore won't be able to play. I assume you just pull the wires out of the tamiya, put them in the XT60's and soder them in there?

[VoidSuicide]

Cutting them generally works better, but yeah, pretty much just need to separate the wires from the current connector and solder them in to the new ones. and just makes sure you put positive to positive and negative to negative.

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how do i know positive to positive

[TeamBadCompany]

I'm not familiar with xt60s, but it should be color coded, red is generally positive

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HELP URGENT, okay soldering good and everything went from tamiya to xt60. Everything is good, plugged in a lipo and it is shooting awesome. Now the plugs are so tight that I can't get them loose, used pliers to try to pull but I don't want to pull to hard. Can't get them out for anything!!!

[Skywalker]

lol. I told you. deans!

I don't have any experience with xt60s sorry bud.

[SteevoLS]

The problem is almost certainly that you didn't solder them with the male and female connectors plugged together. The same thing happens with Deans; if you aren't careful and/or use an iron that is too hot, you can melt the connectors and throw the plugs off alignment. They'll come apart with enough effort, but you'd be better off to simply cut the connectors off the wires and throw on a new set. Just be careul to cut the wires one at a time (BZZZT!) and make sure the new pair is plugged together while you solder it.

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why would I solder them with them together, and even before the turnigy lipos where very tough to get in and out of the connectors from a nearby hobby shop. I think it is the connectors themselves not my soldering, although it was my first time I think I did a good enough job. I think the connectors are just newer and are better quality than the turnigy ones.

[SteevoLS]

This ain't my first rodeo. It is very common for the internal plugs to get out of alignment if you heat it up too much. If the connectors are plugged together when you solder, they physically can't be moved out of alignment.

It is entirely possible that your local hobby shop has a different batch of XT60s; they've been around a while.

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Well they were tight from the beginning, but I don't feel like ordering XT60s from somewhere thats going to take 2 weeks +. The Hobby shop nearby has the brand Amass on the XT60 connectors. But I guess I have to do this again. Isn't it risky to have a lipo with power in it plugged up to connectors about to get some wires?

[SteevoLS]

Just don't short out the contacts and you'll be fine.