Wouter van Ooijen wrote:

> Are you sure the *connector* is your main problem? I am no high-current
> expert, but wouldn't the soldering of the connector to the PCB trace,
> and the PCB traces themselves, be a bigger problem?

It's all solvable, and the only things that remain as problems are the ones
you couldn't solve :)

Seriously, of course you need to give special consideration to everything
where such currents flow. Why do you think the soldering is a special
problem, though? Of course assuming that the pins of a connector that's
made for that current are thick enough to carry it. Of course the traces
shouldn't be made to act as fuses :)  Don't use 17u copper (seems to become
standard for "normal" boards), use 35u or even 70u, depending on what else
you have on the board. And keep them short; good placement is key.

Gerhard

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