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Old 03-13-2003, 04:31 PM
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Originally posted by nerdling
Thanks for the info guys. I know Caps won't increase top speed, I was after more run time, sounds like two 4700uf caps in parralel accross the batterie side of my esc will do much the same thing as a 22000uf wired up the same.
Think you got your maths crosswired somehow...

Two 4700 caps in parallel = 4700+4700 = 9400uF.

Did you really mean 22,000? Wow... this'll be size of a D-cell!!
Use 4 or 5 4700s in parallel for approx the same.
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