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11-05-2011, 11:53 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Forbestown, CA
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|  Water proof no drain on/off switch?
Ok so I been looking to see if someone has a good heavy duty on and off switch I could hook to the battery then to the esc, so I can just keep the esc in a water balloon, and of course not losing much power while it stays plugged in while off its just would lose alot more if it stopped before the esc I think... where currently I am stuck unpluging my battery after every run and recently got a nice little shock from my 3s so anyone know where I can find one or if anyone makes em? with 10 gage wire accessible
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11-06-2011, 09:44 AM
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| Jeep whore   Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Florida
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you need to unplug the lipo when your done, you cant leave it connected to the esc.
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11-06-2011, 09:57 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: 07456 N. NJ USofA
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11-06-2011, 01:01 PM
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| Jeep whore Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Florida
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11-06-2011, 01:13 PM
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| owner, Holmes Hobbies LLC   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Volt up! Gear down!
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There are currently no ESCs on the market that would allow you to keep your battery plugged in without slowly (or fastly) draining your pack. What I do on rigs where I can't get to the battery easy is to put a deans or andersons plug on one of the wires between the ESC and battery. Yank the plug out to interrupt the power. Mount the little "shutoff" where you can get to it easily and everything is gravy. |
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11-07-2011, 11:53 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Forbestown, CA
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Yeah that was what I was sorta worried about and been thinking maybe a toggle switch or something. thanks anyways!
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11-08-2011, 05:49 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: 07456 N. NJ USofA
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Even if you had a switch, the pack wires still need to get to the ESC. A switch big enough to handle the potential amps is pretty big, so you're gaining nothing by using one. On the other hand, every connection you have is a potential failure point as well as a voltage drop (due to resistence). Also, I'm not sure how you're getting "shocked", I think of nothing when dealing with less than 30volts or so, I deal with 540volts (DC) all the time, that, I worry about.  |
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