Originally Posted by vr01
What about the ESC's? They are designed to have virtually no resistance which dumps the power out the cells at an astronomical rate. Surely if an ESC or motor shorts it will put huge stress on the cells, more so than the charging / matching process...Chris
It sounds like you are a person that believes the current rating that ESC manufacturers put on their controllers. Their rated current is for about 1 mS. The true average current rating is less than 1/6th of what they say. The rated current is at a junction temperature of 25 Degrees C. And since ESC's have almost no heatsink capacity the Junction temperature will reach the 150 Degree C limit in an extreamly short time. You would need a Heat sink a thousand times larger with fans to run them at that rated current.
Not to mention the wiring and PCB tracks will NEVER be able to handle that current they rate them at.
You put a short on your motor then run your ESC. You will have a completly destroyed ESC in a matter of seconds. Unless of course the ESC has an over temperature shutdown. Which will shutdown in seconds if not less.
Charles