Can I take the connector plug off the battery?

[Jerold]

Can I take the connector plug off the battery wire and re connect it again afterwards? I am planning to run my battery thru a redi mag and I have to dremel out an opening to run the wire out the side and I'd like to put some type of protective sleeve over the wires. I want to keep it pretty clean looking instead of just using eletrical tape, so if I can detach and reattach the connector, that would be best. Any tips on removing it without damaging it? I've tried to pull it off, but it won't budge.

[Nova316]

U cant pull it off since the clips are very strangely made so they lock inside if u do pull them out they wont sit right any more *Learn through experience*
Your best bet would be to splice the wires then soldier em and heatshrink them after you put it through the ready made, this gives a very clean look.. make sure u put on the heatshrink tube on the wires before u soldier

[testtube]

The only problem with ready mag is puting your gun im hard case. you will have to cut out the foam.

[Jerold]

I'm ok with that for now. I'm using a Blackhawk Discreeet soft case right now. I haven't seen any post regarding a ready mag/ battery setup in a while. has anyone done it and have any luck? I'm going to dremel out a pretty big chunk out of the front inside edge to get the battery connector thru without having to take off the redi-mag to take the battery out. I haven't seen any photos of anyone else's redi mag/battery setup.

[Ibby]

Yes, you can get a "pin pusher" tool to remove the pins from the connector housing. they work like a charm. Here's a link to a few different kinds:

http://www.svc.com/sleeving-tools.html

[milehigh]

Now is the perfect time to try deans connectors! They are easy to install and give good performance through less resistance. Check out the stickied thread in this forum about electrical connectors.

[Jerold]

Thank for the pin pusher link. I may get one and try it out on one of my dead batteries to see how it goes.

I just finished cutting my hole out of the inside edge of my redi-mag. Took about an hour, but I am pretty impressed at how well it works when I installed it onto my M15 and ran the battery thru.

If anyone wants to give it a try, I'll give you some dimensions so you don't have to guess at it like I did. I got lucky and the bottom edge of the hole I cut turned out to be even with the top edge of the empty mag case when inserted into the redi mag. The hole is pretty big, but when it is installed against the gun, you can't see anything because it get partially blocked by the front receiver pin and the wire that runs out from the opening. The wires for my battery are nice and stiff and they don't lay against the metal edges. I was most worried about the wires chaffing against the metal and damaging them.

Anyway, measuring form the bottom of the redi-mag strike a line 1-5/8". the height of the opening is 5/8" and the width of the opening on the front of the redi-mag is 3/8" (just about half the thickness of the redi-mag). the opening on the right side goes back 1". I did it that far, but you can get away with 3/4". doesn't matter though, since it is against the gun and you won't see it anyway.

I used the dremel cutting disks. use the slightly thicker one to do the heavy cutting work and the thin one at the very end when you need to get at the corners. I used the long, thin grinding stone to take away the bur on all the edges. Then the metal brushes and lastly the nylon brushes to smooth out the metal edges. What surprised me the most was how smooth these brushes can get the edges. I'll probably look for some thing to slide over the wires anyway, but the way it is now would hold up. just have to find the time to paint it flat black and I'm set.

I'd post a photo, but I can't figure out how to attach one.