Not gonna lie – I’m tempted to try it, since having 1 charger for multiple boards would be kinda cool lol
If you want to use barrel connectors for charging (I use xt60/90 or aviation style)
I’d go with 5.5x2.5 on everything.
Re-terminate all chargers with xt60/90 - make dongle for board ports. The screw down 2.1/2.5 barrels are really convenient. Can have a few pigtailed xt charger plug ins, strip wire with teeth, and screw down terminal to charge a non-standard noob on the fly. Or just have a bundle of premade dongles…
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I think maybe having a a single adapter from 2.1 to 2.5 would be the better option…
But I do like the pigtail idea, I might do something like that, thanks!
There’s also XT150 which is the non antispark version of the AS-150. XT150 is 6mm whereas the AS-150 is 7mm
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But on group rides, you can be the G carrying xt60/90 to literally anything (make every common port - xt369, 2-4p aviation, etc) - really wouldn’t weigh much.
Dunno. I just think having a solid modular cord to disconnect from the brick makes things easier.
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Just today when charging was done the charge head briefly touched my skin and it was pretty hot, like i could only hold onto it for a few seconds. Not sure why my 12s charger came with this head. It was a 5A charger. I should probably cut and solder a 2.5mm x 5.5mm charger head and vice versa for the charge port on the board.
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Are you the guy who said he confessed to spending hours on end high in an effort to find the best connectors…
maybe I got a different guy
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lol not me, found it in 5 minutes of searching yesterday 🤷
though high also
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Find me a 6 pin locking waterproof cup terminal connector more compact than an M-12 or GX16
The first automotive connector that comes up under those terms on Amazon is honestly the closet thing but it’s just too large to be reasonable for sensors (and it’s a crimp connector). 2xmr30 is currently the best option.
In speaking of expensive connectors
We paid $75/pop for the circle locking connector in 16 pin. Shit was ridiculous.
As it is the housing/strain relief is just way too chunky man. One is larger than both of my phase connections. Could possibly be hacked up and re-potted but I doubt it. Dual mr30’s take up sooo much less space haha. I just hate the idea of shit being split across two, especially for something as easy to make a slight mistake in rewiring like sensors.
Not joking about how much time I’ve spent. Think I’ve seen every single thing on Amazon that exists in plastic housing aviation/barrel form. 
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lol same here, don’t think there’s anything smaller 🤷
Juuust maybe these guys
https://m.alibaba.com/product/60234860747/micro-circular-connectors-m8-6-pin.html
M8 connectors are officially not specced for 6 pin but 
China
What about those:
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That’s fucking humongous dude. Once again, larger than both of my phase connections haha.
If it’s not smaller than a MR-60, it’s a no.
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Than how about yato 6 pin superseal. But u gotta crimp’em
Already mentioned.
In short - they’re close. I really need to see them in person I guess. Videos make them look larger than two MR-60’s tho so I don’t have great hopes.
I feel like at that point, I’d just go JST-SM and individually pot the crimp entrances with liquid e tape in a small syringe. I don’t however trust the housing of it to keep water from entering and covering the female pins…
Either way, if I were settling, I’d settle on 2x mr-30 before hand.
I think there’s something really special about having rugged, waterproof connectors on your cans, both phase and sensor, outside of your enclosure. Break a magnet because you didn’t battle harden them? One minute or less swap out. Don’t have to open the internals.
Even using mr-60, if you plan on going thru serious puddles, a thin bead of something like liquid e-tape or butyl tape should go on the connector mating seam, and all grey push on housings completely potted via liquid e-tape in tiny syringe.
It’s highly autistic, but so fucking worth it. Plus, half of the hobby for me is building cool robust modular shit. I love modularity in every thing I do…
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Hit me when you find something. Bookmarking this.
Uh, just found this page: https://www.higoconnector.com/products/collection/signal/K999K#title
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were you looking at the mini f’s or the mini b’s?
What I would be interested in is this connector as it has 3 phase wires rated 45A and 7 sensors rated 2A. For me it would be perfect because Im running 35 motor max.
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