Originally Posted by blackbeardrollo

My rx8 bec recently gave out and I'm now running an external bec, this is in a tekno super lite buggy running spectrum radio and 2s lipo and a jr hi voltage servo. My question is what's stopping me from running a positive, negative lead directly from my battery into the receiver and ditching my external bec? The 2s would provide the power in the correct voltage range or am I missing something?