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Old 06-25-2013 | 01:15 AM
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I am looking for a dual output BEC. I would like to be able to power seperate components at different voltages. One voltage for the receiver and another for a cooling fan. Does anything like this exist?
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Old 06-25-2013 | 09:32 AM
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most guys just wire the fan to the battery plugs if they want it to have more voltage
or you could buy a seperate external BEC, Castle, Orion and Novak make them
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Old 06-25-2013 | 11:54 AM
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I have a bec / voltage regulator for 2S that splits the input into a 6v output and a direct output (so 7.4 nominal). I got it on ebay a year ago, I think it was around $15 from china...
Sorry, can't find a brandname, I thought it was Much More Racing or Yeah Racing but I can't find anything of those 2 brands online that looks like mine..
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Old 06-25-2013 | 12:41 PM
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Going by the OP’s signature I’m guessing he might be starting with 4S voltage or more. A little off subject, but if you can’t find a dual output BEC, fans are fairly low power. Might be able to just use an appropriate resistor for the fan?
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Old 07-02-2013 | 01:41 AM
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I am using 6S Lipo's. My fan is rated for 5-6V. I am going to run the servo and receiver at 7.4v.

I thought about running a resistor across the fan but wouldn't know what size to get.
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Old 07-02-2013 | 03:24 PM
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A link or more information on the fan? If we had a power or amperage rating to work with we should be able to come up with a resistor. Also would you like to power the fan off of the BEC? I think that would be the way to go, more stable voltage, and less voltage drop and power loss for the resistor to deal with.
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Old 07-02-2013 | 03:29 PM
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You can make one for pretty dang cheap if you were up for it, I believe there are some how to's out there
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