Do servo (male/female) connectors work in water?

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  • Wax Savage
    Junior Member
    • Jun 2025
    • 9

    #1

    Do servo (male/female) connectors work in water?

    I recently researched and discovered a mini-sized, IP68-rated waterproof servo offered on AliExpress. Link to the servo is below…

    https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256809732088602.html?spm=a2g0o.order_detail.order _detail_item.4.5bf3f19cA9AeK1&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

    Mini-servo seems perfect for a narrow bow installation. I just ordered it. The plan is to connect it to actuate the Revell Gato bow dive-planes retract mechanism.
    I’ll run a servo power/signal line (extension) out the front WTC bulkhead to lend power the IP68 servo.

    Anyone think it’s necessary to waterproof the black plastic Futaba/JR servo connectors?
    Last edited by Wax Savage; 10-29-2025, 01:45 PM.
  • bob_eissler
    SubCommittee Member
    • Aug 2005
    • 341

    #2
    I think the connectors corrode pretty fast when they get damp so I'd put something around them. Look at the wires carefully because water can get in that way too.

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