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07-03-2008, 11:30 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Lemont, IL
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|  stupid me will the Rooster Crawler handle 8cell nimh pack? i wasnt thinking to check the voltage rating B4 i ordered the battery. i could exchange for a 7 cell, but will the 8 cell work |
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07-03-2008, 11:34 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: lacey
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| maybe, it is only rated to 7 cells though. |
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07-03-2008, 11:42 AM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Dirty Jerzee
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| You will smoke the ESC with 8 cells. Trust me.... I know from experience |
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07-03-2008, 11:42 AM
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| Dream...Think...Create.   Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Crawler Innovations, Tyler, TEXAS
Posts: 3,253
| If you pull the red wire out of the harness going into the RX, you might be OK. By doing that, you will disconnect the internal BEC on the Rooster Crawler. You will then have to run a separate stand alone BEC like a Castle Creation BEC or something similar. A lot of the heat and problems caused in ESC's come from high voltage having to be converted lower by the ESC's BEC to run the RX and servos. You should check with Novak to be sure though. They put those voltage limits on the Rooster Crawler for a reason. |
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07-03-2008, 11:52 AM
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| MadDogRC LLC  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Petaluma
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I read a tread once that said the same thing about pulling the red wire and running an external BEC. Also just becareful with 3C lipo as the cutoff will not be set corrctly | |
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07-04-2008, 02:57 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Lemont, IL
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| im just gonna return it and just get a 6 cell |
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