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05-12-2010, 07:49 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2010 Location: -34.040361,151.214831
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|  what guage wire
when wiring electronics , batteries esc motors , what is a good gauge wire 14-12-10 , I was thinking 12 would be good , |
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05-12-2010, 07:55 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: sittin in the sky
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12 or 14 lots of esc's and packs come with those gages
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05-12-2010, 08:06 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Abbotsford BC
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16 gauge would be plenty enough on a crawler, however 14 gauge is easier to get at the hobby shops. make sure you get hobby grade wire and not automotive stuff.
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05-12-2010, 08:16 PM
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| MODERATOR™   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio
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16 gauge from TQ Racing is really sweet. http://www.tqracing.com/rc_products.htm http://www.stormerhobbies.com/cgi-bi...umb=on&smode=0 |
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05-12-2010, 08:49 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2010 Location: -34.040361,151.214831
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ordered just about every size of silokene wire and shrink tube I could get , 10-12-14-16-20-24 guage and 2mm-6mm shrink tube , this should cover everything from batteries to servos .
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05-12-2010, 09:29 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: France
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12 is very big 10 is really huge . Be carefull with your soldering iron ... other than a fancy one ( where you can change the power) you won't be able to use just one soldering iron for all your wires . Think of 80-100watts for 12 gauge (and big tip ) otherwise it will really be difficult to solder it , that's what a use for my touring cars and it gets barely warm under heavy load with a 400watts+ BL motor . And over 16gauge a 60+ watts soldering iron will just over heat and burn the wire . Another thing to remember is that trying to solder a big wire with a low powered soldering iron will actualy overheat whatever you try to solder it on (esc or motor) because you try to heat the thing and it take for ages to melt the stuff and therefor transmit all the heat to the object . Correct me if I'm wrong anyway . You might know all this but anyway lol I only discovered all this at my expenses not so long ago . |
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05-12-2010, 09:45 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2010 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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basically i look at the motor, esc, and batteries, then i use the largest size that any of those 3 use, you know you'll be safe with that because you wont be bottlenecking the power with the wire.
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05-12-2010, 09:57 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Arlington, Washington
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10 AWG is pointless.....12 is the biggest I could ever see being used....and thats still pretty big. Later EddieO |
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05-12-2010, 10:16 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2010 Location: -34.040361,151.214831
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yeah i just found some 10 guage i had left in the shed , it way to big , I was thinking of making a charger lead out of it , will never restrict the flow of power whilst charging , I'm thinking 12-14 for battery and 14-16 for esc and motor . I have a 25 watt iron for smaller stuff , i'm going this arvo to get another one , either 40 or 60 watt the biggest wire i will be soldering on my rc motors and esc will be 14 , i think the 60w should be a good choice to compliment the 25w |
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05-12-2010, 10:24 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hueytown, Alabama
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I put 16awg in the berg.  |
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05-12-2010, 10:37 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2010 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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i use 10 in my 1/10 monster truck, but i assume it's a lot more demanding than a crawler  | |
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