A little smaller, but up to 10a.
https://www.amazon.com/CNLINKO-Circular-Connector-Female-Waterproof/dp/B07Z7T3L2P
Crap. Wish Iād found the ad with the 3 pack. I just bought a 10 pack for the one 10s board Iāll ever build.
$1.00 plus the stamp for anyone looking in the future.
GX16 is a bit too big for must builds, Iāve been using GX12-4 , but just 2 pins at 5 A and it barely get warm, so using 2+2 will do 10 A also, probably can push a bit more or go with the 6 pin version
Good to know. Iām gonna do the same
I guess itāll be XT60 vs GX16. The GX port on the board side doesnāt seem too deep
As far as wiring, I donāt see why they wouldnāt just be paralleled together with a single fuse. 5.5x2.1 for 4 amp charging, the alternative for when I wanna charge at 8-12 amps
Iāve got the GX-16-2 on one of my boards and am installing it on another one, I love it. You can find dust covers on ali pretty easily, want a link?
Yea thatād be great. Can you show a side shot of the female port for the board side? If theyāre not terribly deep it may work well. Might have to just get my hands on some.
I ordered 8 of this rubber one the other day. Iāll grab a pic of it in my enclosure in a bit
The board side is typically the male connector with the prongs, not the holes.
Ya youāre right Mixed them up.
Those dust covers look great
They look great. But they are metal. Make damn sure you fuse those charge ports. The metal cap WILL short those pins out if youāre drunk or tired or itās dark and you canāt see well.
Also the first time they get wet, they have this sandy grit on them and they do NOT screw on smoothly, itās like grinding
Yeah mine is still open until the rubber cap comes. I donāt have it fused yet, probably should throw a 10a fuse in there
I highly, highly recommend the rubber caps
And make sure you use a washer, they donāt stay on very well at all without a washer. (I mean a bigger washer than the stock ones)
Iāve been using these for years, they are good jacks. But the metal caps suuuuuuck.
The rubber caps are surprisingly good.
Fuse it now
There were two options on my link but I do agree that visually the metal caps do look pretty cool. I got the rubber ones from the same link
Also hereās a few pics on my enclosure
Good info @b264. The metal caps look nice but I see what you mean. Iāll order rubber caps instead.
Iām torn between the 2 pin or 4 pin. Looking at chargers now. If I intend to stay at 12 amps or less Iād be fine with the GX16-2. But I could go with the 4 and have some extra headroom by running two pins each together.
I donāt see a use right now for a GX16-3 unless I used the extra pin for external voltage display or something.
If I did it again, Iād go for the 4 pin. GND on pins 0,1 and PWR on pins 2, 3 (directly into a fuse)
Iām definitely going to take advantage of this and add a second connector. Even just looking at the p42a pack Iām planning to build, the ability to charge at 1C and that being their standard rate is awesome. And Iāve been considering buying a four amp charger which would be 40% of that standard charge rate. That would land me near 4 hours instead of 1. This is a must