| |
| |||||||
 |
| | LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
10-22-2013, 03:34 PM
| #1 |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Champlin, MN
Posts: 507
|  RC motor question: what the heck is this thing and why is it there?
So a local junk shop has a bunch of motors if misc sizes I thought would be fun to toy around with in projects. what i don't know is I remember most of the brushed motors I've used in the past have these brownish orange tabs soldered on them between the connectors and the can. See red circles below:  What are thoes, what do they do and can you run a brushed motor without them on the motor without damaging your electronics? -Thanks! |
|  |
| Sponsored Links | |
| | |
|
10-22-2013, 03:36 PM
| #2 |
| MODERATOR™   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio
Posts: 18,928
| Re: RC motor question: what the heck is this thing and why is it there?
Capacitors to suppress electrical noise. Pretty much only needed with older AM and FM transmitters. 2.4 GHz technology made them obsolete pretty much.
|
|
| |
|
10-22-2013, 03:39 PM
| #3 |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Champlin, MN
Posts: 507
| Re: RC motor question: what the heck is this thing and why is it there?
That's good to know, since This project is using my old radio gear which is a 74mhz radio system. if I distance the receiver and keep the cables as far away from each other as possible it shouldn't be a problem worth worrying about right?
|
|
| |
|
10-22-2013, 03:46 PM
| #4 | |
| MODERATOR™ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio
Posts: 18,928
| Re: RC motor question: what the heck is this thing and why is it there? Quote:
Installing Motor Capacitors | |
|
| |
|
10-22-2013, 06:32 PM
| #5 |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Champlin, MN
Posts: 507
| Re: RC motor question: what the heck is this thing and why is it there?
Thank's that's perfect!  |
|
| |
|
10-22-2013, 07:12 PM
| #6 | |
| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: 07456 N. NJ USofA
Posts: 8,314
| Re: RC motor question: what the heck is this thing and why is it there? Quote:
Additionally, newer motors (especially rebuildables) have smaller surface mount capacitors on a PC board by the brushes. Caps, of any style, don't hurt to have, but yes, they are usually needed for AM & FM radios. Keeping the RX & radio wires away from the motor & ESC leads can help, but you may still get glitching. Caps are cheap. | |
|
| |
|
RC motor question: what the heck is this thing and why is it there? - Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Battery question for my Thing... | Nutternugz | Axial XR10 | 3 | 07-25-2012 10:41 AM |
| If you could only upgrade 1 thing, Motor or Battery? | BadRockNoCookie | Electronics | 17 | 06-12-2012 09:31 PM |
| What the heck is this thing! | kingofsideways | General Crawlers | 8 | 06-01-2012 01:18 PM |
| what do you thing about this brushless motor? | raolguio | Newbie General | 4 | 09-23-2010 10:11 AM |
| How the heck do you put the motor on a TXT tranny? | Tacoma747 | Tamiya Txt-1 and Juggernaut | 9 | 09-14-2007 09:07 PM |
| |
Linear Mode
