Adding copper wire in the Motor-Vesc connection for additional contact?

ESK8 Electronics
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Hi there,

I’ve been experiencing some problems with my build and my theory is that the problem lies in the connection between Motor and Vesc (the 3 pins): the female part of the Vesc is too large, reducing the contact surface (I found some “burning” marks on the male connectors, which seems to verifiy this hypothesis, I think?)

Anyway, my idea is to add some copper wires to tighten the connection without losing conductivity/contact surface. Can anyone tell me if that’s fine for both Vesc and Motor? Here’s what I mean:

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I’d add some heat shrinking tubes around it.

Thanks in advance!

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Yes I would imagine you are having problems. You are trying to plug a 4mm bullet connector into a 5.5mm socket. Upgrade the male 4mm bullets to 5.5mm

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@psychotiller might have a good story for u onnsoldering those 3 together

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Always good to have extras around.

https://www.amazon.com/uxcell-Pairs-Metal-Banana-Connectors/dp/B00EZECSOS/ref=pd_yo_rr_bia_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=GN2E6PP76PEFNTSSKH9B

You might want to try this mod while your at it:

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That explains it. Thanks for the heads up!

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Cool, thanks for the tips!