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XingXing 02-23-2006 08:36 PM

seperate battereis for servo...
 
look at surikans ride. hes got extra 5cell receiver pack to power his servo... anyone know how that works? you would need two recievers? one for the esc and one for the servo?

servo -> receiver 1
5cell -> reveiver 1
esc -> receiver 2

http://www.rctech.net/forum/attachme...chmentid=56041

Charles Leto 02-23-2006 08:46 PM

Servo-Channel 1
ESC-Channel 2
5 Cell-Batt/possibly channel 3

same as you would run in a gas car 5-cell equals receiver back.

thats how i've seen it done.

XingXing 02-23-2006 08:50 PM

hmmm yeah but wont the ESC supply power to the receiver already from your 6cells?

Trips 02-23-2006 09:49 PM


Originally Posted by XingXing
hmmm yeah but wont the ESC supply power to the receiver already from your 6cells?

Only if you switch it on. When you run a separate receiver pack you don't switch the ESC on, and the receiver pack powers the receiver and servo.
(when you switch on an ESC, you're actually turning its BEC on, the "drive section" of the ESC is already live and only waiting for a signal from the receiver)

scmicromike 02-23-2006 09:55 PM

so if you have the reciever pack you dont need to turn on power to the esc in order to run the car? all you do is put on your transmitter and the car will run?

Nickmind 02-23-2006 10:03 PM


Originally Posted by XingXing
hmmm yeah but wont the ESC supply power to the receiver already from your 6cells?

When you hook up a receiver pack to your receiver, the receiver then turns off its BEC from use. Then ESC will not supply the receiver power.

Nickmind 02-23-2006 10:05 PM


Originally Posted by scmicromike
so if you have the reciever pack you dont need to turn on power to the esc in order to run the car? all you do is put on your transmitter and the car will run?

No you will need to turn the switch on, so the ESC can receive single from the receiver.

Trips 02-23-2006 10:29 PM

For all the ESC's I've used so far, you do NOT turn the ESC switch on when using a separate receiver battery, you only turn on the switch between the receiver battery and the receiver, or if there is no switch there, just plug the RX battery into the receiver and everything will come on.

( I haven't used every speed control out there, so this info may not apply to some speed controls )

Nickmind 02-24-2006 10:05 AM


Originally Posted by Trips
For all the ESC's I've used so far, you do NOT turn the ESC switch on when using a separate receiver battery, you only turn on the switch between the receiver battery and the receiver, or if there is no switch there, just plug the RX battery into the receiver and everything will come on.

( I haven't used every speed control out there, so this info may not apply to some speed controls )

My Bad, He is right. I have tested three of my ESC's you don't have to have the switch on. I don't know what i was thinking.

Nick

THE DARKSIDE 02-24-2006 11:11 AM


Originally Posted by XingXing
look at surikans ride. hes got extra 5cell receiver pack to power his servo... anyone know how that works? you would need two recievers? one for the esc and one for the servo?

servo -> receiver 1
5cell -> reveiver 1
esc -> receiver 2

http://www.rctech.net/forum/attachme...chmentid=56041

It's powering all of the electronics, not just the servo. There are often problems when runn low-turn mod motors that pull large amounts of amps. These motors often will rob power from the electronics and cause glitching

XingXing 02-24-2006 01:49 PM


Originally Posted by Nickmind
My Bad, He is right. I have tested three of my ESC's you don't have to have the switch on. I don't know what i was thinking.

Nick


so what would happen if you turned the ESC switch on? do you still plug the esc into the receiver?

Trips 02-24-2006 02:14 PM

If you turn the ESC switch on while a separate receiver pack is powering the receiver damage to the BEC in the speed control might result (according to the manuals I've read)

You still plug the ESC into the receiver's throttle channel, the ESC still needs the receiver signal to tell it how to operate. Just don't turn the ESC s3witch on.


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