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Electronics => Beginners => Topic started by: ivoras on July 30, 2019, 01:48:09 pm

Title: DC005 for high current applications? Other plugs?
Post by: ivoras on July 30, 2019, 01:48:09 pm

While looking at the construction of DC-005 and similar sockets (female side), it looks like there's pretty much a single point of contact for the current to flow at least on the outer layer of the plug.

Would that kind of construction hold e.g. 5 A to 10 A of current (12 V)?

Any other suggestions for an easy, wide-spread plug which could be used?

Title: Re: DC005 for high current applications? Other plugs?
Post by: ledtester on August 01, 2019, 11:19:12 am

This catalog page suggests that all of the low-voltage DC power jacks are rated 0-30V, 1-3A.

http://www.peterparts.com/CatalogPages/65/1461.pdf (http://www.peterparts.com/CatalogPages/65/1461.pdf)

For high current you might consider XT-30 or XT-60 connectors or Deans connectors all commonly used in the RC community.