PARKSIDE X20V_Team Battery connector with Faston terminal

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<p><i>Update: v1.1, July 27, 2021. Model slightly uppdated to suit other of my output connectors.</i></p><p>Sliced with 0,15mm layer height. A pdf file added: <i>Parkside battery system.pdf, </i>(placed under Download package).</p><p>This is one of my first printed design on a new arrived Prusa printer. I need some kind connector to connect my tiny electronics TS-100 soldering iron. Connector is for tool battery Parkside sold by Lidl, which is a German international discount retailer chain, presented in EU and USA. The Parkside tools are quite cheap and of good quality as well as they tool's batteries, made of quality Li-ion cells. These batteries are unprotected though (except a fuse).&nbsp;</p><p>As I have several of these 20V batteries of two different capacity (2Ah and 4Ah), it was natural choice to use just Parkside battery for my soldering iron.&nbsp;</p><p>Here you can find stl file and a sliced print file. I used layer height of 0,15mm.&nbsp;</p><p>Material used:&nbsp;</p><p>I used TE Connectivity blue FASTON male terminal on battery side, about 50mm of AWG20 (~0,5mm2) black for Minus terminal and Orange for Plus terminal. A bit of shrink sleeve ½" or 12,7mm in a length of 20mm, a bit of shring sleeve ¼" or 6,4mm, about 40mm long. HellermannTyton Expandable Braided PET Black Cable Sleeve to cover the cable length you use. Finaly, I used a XT60 female connector to connect my soldering iron. You can use, of course ather type of connectors to cover your need. &nbsp;How I made it, could be seen on provided pictures.&nbsp;</p><p>I crimped Faston terminal connector on each wire, checked polarity to get orange wire connected to “+” pole and black to “-” pole of the battery. Faston terminals are pressed in the printed &nbsp;grooves, aligned with battery terminals and temporarily secured with quick glue. Finaly I used two component epoxy glue &nbsp;and filld in free space around terminals and wires. How I made it, can be seen on the attached pictures.&nbsp;</p><p>Now I do not even need to disconnect my soldering iron from battery. The soldering iron simply goes to sleep after time out. When I'm soldring there is battery voltage information on the iron's display so it never happened to me to over discharge the battery.&nbsp;</p><p>Bear in mind, quiescent current for Miniware's TS-100 soldering iron is ~6mA, when it is turned off.&nbsp;</p><p>No need for support material.&nbsp;</p><p>Here are two other types of Parkside connectors I have designed:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>with <a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/70648-parkside-x20v_team-battery-connector-with-nickel-s">Phoenix connector</a></li><li><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/72477-parkside-x20v_team-battery-connector-with-dc-outpu">round DC</a> 5.5x2.1 mm connector&nbsp;</li></ul><p>Me on <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/marinorl/designs">Thingiverse</a>.</p>