Let us know when you have 100K volume for a new connector lol
@rosco yeah I know about that thread haha I’ve read it since its inception
But Waterproofing two plugs on an enclosure isn’t harder than doing one. It’s just more work.
On that logic, and for all of the sensible reasoning provided by others above I also included a loopkey on the enclosure in my pic.
Electric skateboards are fun. Getting involved in manufacturing discussions about electrical connectors, not so much.
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Bullet connections inside the enclosure, wires routed through the deck and epoxied in place, sensorless. Check mate, water.
Honestly if were talking waterproofing, ditch the sensor cables, sensors arent waterproof, and not doing so could yeet you to the shadow realm.
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Well I’ve created a thread to talk about connectors now so any of that discussion we can move over there
I’d be interested in people sharing what other waterproof connectors they used as well.
They are on battle hardened motors, the sensor PCB’s are covered in epoxy
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True that. But unless i battle hardened them myself, im not gonna fully trust it.
This opinion brought to you by a guy whos running tb motors and has no faith in dex.
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Reading through and I was thinking “shit” the only part exposed on my board that’s not waterproof… @ShutterShock useful information 
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Because it works well, is cheap, is easy to waterproof, and it’s even possible to make it look nice if you want that.
This is false.
This is actually a thing. I put a bead of butyl tape around the enclosure, inside the boltholes, then put a layer of thin rubber on top and THEN bolt it to the deck. So the enclosure is fully enclosed and watertight, and has little to do with sealing to a deck.
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yes it is, and its only available in that version. i’ve asked amass about it earlier this year
HIGO does have a connector that can take higher current, which is what boosted rev was using, but their moq and quote price is off the chart for a connector. the next best thing is probably what evolve is using on their hadean
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This is one of those threads that has you thinking over your whole build and getting paranoid about water damage,when I’ve ridden in heavy rain and left it locked up 
still a lot of good tips for people that need help though lads!
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so in the “at all costs” spirit of this waterproofing thread,
you can totally just melt hot glue sticks over every fucking thing in the enclosure and call it a day. don’t know why nobody does this.
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people do this, then when you try taking stuff out you’re going to want to hurt someone.
I’m tearing apart a kaly enclosure because everything is stuck down with mountains of glue and vhb, including the phase wires, power button, and charge port.
the irony is the build is water damaged
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People do that with RTV silicone
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i’m talking about like reallly potting that shit. Like a bag of sticks is now evenly blanketing all of the components. I’ve been in ernesto’s boards, they’re solid af most of the time.
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the board is fine, it’s just infuriating that the unity heatsink is stuck in the old enclosure because it’s adhered with an ungodly amount of vhb. i cant even heat it up because the enclosure will just melt 
other than that, I had to chop off the phase wires because the holes are potted with hot glue
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get a 1" paint scraper, the super flexible shiny steel type. stab at it. it might take a while, but it will come out.
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Ownboard does that with their AT board, then their bms shit the bed because of the USB port and there is no way to repair it
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There’s always a way to repair it, but probably it’s too expensive and/or takes too long.
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turns out my urine leaves a waterproof film on things so I’ve just been peeing in my customer’s boards for a couple of years now.
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