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06-08-2008, 01:15 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lufkin, Tx
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|  Need more help. Wiring
Ok ran into another problem. When I ordered all of my stuff I got the 7.2 Volt split pack with the deans connectors. I got those because that is what came with the $530 kit from the crawler store so I figured they were the ones that I needed. Well the plug on them is wrong and wont plug into my battery charger or the ESC on the truck. I am running the Novak Rooster crawler ESC and 55 novak motor. I also got the Super brain 960 charger and with the charger there is a wire that has the right plug for the ESC and on the other end there are just alligator clips. Can I just cut the plug end off of the batteries and put a flat blade crimp on connector on it and do the same with the alligator clips? I dont see how it would cause a problem but I just wanted to check. Also on the motor it says to sauder the wires that go to the motor but there are 2 flat blade connectors on the motor. Can I just put crimp on connectors on the wiring from the ESC to the motor? Thanks for the help. |
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06-08-2008, 01:37 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Belgium
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Your ESC has a Tamiya male connector and so does your charger. The alligator clips on the charger are for using a 12v car battery as a power supply (you can use AC or DC) so dont plug those to your pack! Easiest for you would be to buy a Tamiya battery (female) connector from a LHS and crimp that in place of the Deans in the pack. Though I would solder Deans connectors to your ESC and make a Tamiya to Deans adaptor for the charger. The Deans is a better conductor. I soldered the wires to the motor directly. You can crimp it but use quality connectors. |
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06-08-2008, 02:44 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lufkin, Tx
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I am not talking about the alligator clips on the charger. This was a harness that came with the charger. Here are some pics.  This is the harness I am talking about. Just cut the clips off the end and splice it into my battery pack temporarily until I get the deans plugs for everything.   This is a pic of the motor I am using. It is a novak 55T motor. THere is a flat blade connector at there very top and one on the far right side. The two wires coming off of the ESC are blue and yellow. Does it matter where each wire goes? I dont really see a + and - on the motor so I am assuming it doesnt matter.  | |
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06-08-2008, 03:12 PM
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| Custom Carbon Fiber   Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Connecticut :(
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id be REAL hesitant about just snipping the plug and shoving the wires into the Deans, one bad bump or short and your charger could become a door stop. any LHS around ya? just run down and grab a pair of the correct plugs and save the headaches. the blue wire ( i hope i get corrected if wrong ) on the speedo is the Neg, solder or plug that on the motor neg. if it spins backwards then reverse that and the yellow, that part wont hurt anything if their wrong. [e] Correction - looking at your motor pic i think i can make out the + sign on the endbell by the bearing area. it looks like its the top left one viewing from your picture posted. the Yellow wire should go there. |
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06-08-2008, 03:17 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Coast Canada
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Does the ESC have two round female connectors on the blue and yellow wires? could get or make this: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXTJ21&P=M anyway, attaching the wires to the motor with determine the direction it spins so if it goes reverse when you give it throttle just switch the wires. it does not work that way with battery to ESC connections thoough, be sure not to mix those up  Just re-read what you wrote, you mean cut the connectors off the ESC and charger and batteries? and use crimp on male-female flat connectors? yes that would be fine for a while. Last edited by dave56bug; 06-08-2008 at 03:24 PM. |
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06-08-2008, 03:22 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lufkin, Tx
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The wires are saudered not plugged in. THere are not hobby shops around here either so I have to order anything I may need. | |
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06-08-2008, 03:29 PM
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About the motor; if you get the polarity backwards you will be reversing instead of going forward and vise versa. If you use connectors just flip them around. Last edited by trainer; 06-08-2008 at 03:36 PM. | ||
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06-08-2008, 03:31 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Coast Canada
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U got a radio shack? http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=family would work for motor connectors if you cant solder... also for battery connectors until you get deans soldered on... If your batteries have a deans, and your ESC have a Tamiya connector your not going anywhere even if you do charge it that way... |
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06-08-2008, 04:27 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lufkin, Tx
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Ok I got everything wired up. I just used a flat blade connector like you posted at radio shack and was able to just plug them onto the motor. I will eventually solder them but I just did this to make sure everything will work. I also just went and ahead and splice on the batter until I get the new connectors. Everything works great. My battery went dead after a few minutes so I am charging it now. The thing was faster than I thought it would be. Hopefully in about a hour I can take it out and crawl some stuff. Already got a list of stuff to order from TCS again!! I am thinking rear steer already. I didnt realize it already has a steering axle in the rear too so I might as well put it to use.  |
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06-09-2008, 01:47 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: fair oaks nor-cal
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well i suggest getting deans ive had tamiya connectors for a while but when i got my deans i never had problems with then not feeding a current deans all the way plus theyre only like 3.89 |
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