Stingray Battery Adapters

Roy Eltham

Attached is a picture of a couple of adapters I made to connect regular R/C batteries with Tamiya connectors to the Stingray.

THe Mouser part numbers for the pieces needed (minus the wire) are:
538-35728-0201·- SKT 14-20 AWG - $0.07 each
538-35143-0201·- 2 POS PLUG HOUSING·- $0.32 each
538-50217-8100 - SOCKET 18-24AWG BULK - $0.26 each
538-35156-0200 - POSITIVE LKG HSG 2P - $0.14 each

On the 2 to 1 adapter, fitting the 2 wires into the crimp spot on them was tight. I ended up soldering them in place since the crimping wasn't secure enough. That wouldn't be a problem with higher guage wire, but I used what I had.

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GeorgeCollins

I was doing almost the exact same thing this week, but with smaller battery connectors, not Tamiyas. I also ended up using a little solder because the crimp did not seem secure enough on the light gauge wire I was using. The jury is out for me, but I think I would prefer to have screw terminals on this board to the plugs. Screw terminals do fail sometimes, but they are lot easier to work with.

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SRLM

For mine, instead of molex connectors I used a male (female? The side that is on the end of the wire) barrel jack connector. It seems to work okay so far. Thanks for the part numbers.

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