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06-07-2008, 11:38 PM | #1 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2008 Location: OC
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| Castle BEC installation question
I am trying to connect Castle BEC to Sidewinder ESC. On the quick installation diagram, it says "Disconnect the red wire from the ESC to the throttle channel on your receiver when using the CC BEC" But in the picture of the user guide, the red wire is connected to receiver. So, which configuration should I follow? thx |
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06-08-2008, 12:46 AM | #2 |
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I believe that CC has revised the diagram: http://www.castlecreations.com/suppo...user_guide.pdf Disconnect the Red wire From the ESC leading to the Receiver -just pull the Red wire from the connector by placing Exacto blade under the plastic tab holding the wire in place. This will leave you wit only the Black & Signal (white, yellow or orange) on the ESC connector to plug into the Throttle channel of the RX. Flynfrog |
06-08-2008, 02:00 AM | #3 | |
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12-05-2013, 10:13 PM | #4 |
Newbie Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Gaston
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| Re: Castle BEC installation question
i have it hooked up like that and have throttle and lights but no steering
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12-05-2013, 10:15 PM | #5 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Everett, WA
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| Re: Castle BEC installation question
Take a picture if you can. Pics are worth a million |
12-06-2013, 01:59 PM | #6 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2012 Location: Columbus
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| Re: Castle BEC installation question
or buy 1 of these works great 5$ steal Receiver Bypass Adapter meant to keep a load off of Receiver. Designed for Crawlers and other applications. Plug external BEC into the side with a red and black wire, and your servo into the other side. The male plug goes into the servo channel in the RX like normal. This puts power directly to the servo, taking strain off of the rx CreationFab - Plugs Other Receiver Bypass Adapter |
12-06-2013, 02:24 PM | #7 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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| Re: Castle BEC installation question
The BEC designates the voltage sent to the RX. The ESC. supplies it's own operating voltage but that would be unused when running the BEC. If both the ESC and BEC voltages are supplied together... the RX will become confused and fail to work properly. so that is why the red + pos wire needs be removed from the ESC plug that plugs into the RX chan. 2 port. The BEC gets it's power by being wired into the primary battery (+ and -) I recommend heat shrink for that loose wire (end)... as it could short out if it isn't protected/covered. I'm not sure of the other methods of wiring the BEC while still using the ESC's voltage supply. |
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