BEC set up

[Jay Mysterio]

Hey everyone,

I am a newbie to rock crawling and have BEC wiring question. First off I have a MOA super crawler with two servos, two batteries, two brushless motors and two mamba max pro esc's. My question is, how do I wire up my CC BEC 10amp to the setup I have mentioned? A diagram would be of great help to me, if theres anyone that can help me out it would be greatly appreciated!! I've been all over internet searching and cant find the wiring diagram for this particular setup I have. THANK YOU!!

[Charlie-III]

Off topic a bit....not sure why you need 2 batteries, one should likely be enough.

Anyway, you have a single BEC? What servos are you running? A single 10A BEC may not be enough for 2 high torque servos.

One way is to just plug the BEC output into the RX (using an open port......). Make sure you remove the red wires from the ESC to RX connection so you are not running 3 BEC's into the RX. Don't cut the red wires off, just remove from the plug and cover in tape.

An alternative is to run 2 BEC's, one to each servo direct. There are diagrams in the electronics forum in one of the stickies.

[Jay Mysterio]

About the 2 batteries, im running 2 2s 1600mah lipo's, i guess i did that because they fit perfect on the axles to counter weight the servos and to have a longer run time.


I've unplugged both the red wires from the ESC's, plugged the BEC into the battery port of my RX. I just dont know how to wire the battery connections from the BEC to the 2 batteries going to the ESC's?

[SMR 510RR]

Originally Posted by Jay Mysterio

About the 2 batteries, im running 2 2s 1600mah lipo's, i guess i did that because they fit perfect on the axles to counter weight the servos and to have a longer run time.


I've unplugged both the red wires from the ESC's, plugged the BEC into the battery port of my RX. I just dont know how to wire the battery connections from the BEC to the 2 batteries going to the ESC's?

I would just wire it to one or the other, too much headache to tie everything together.

[Jay Mysterio]

Ok I've done that, hook BEC to just one of the batteries. But would I still need to have both the red wires pulled out of each ESC or just the ESC that the BEC is hooked up to? I have both removed as of now but the ESC that controls rear motor does not opperate, im pretty sure because i dont have the red wire on that esc plugged into the rx.

[Charlie-III]

Originally Posted by Jay Mysterio

OK I've done that, hook BEC to just one of the batteries. But would I still need to have both the red wires pulled out of each ESC or just the ESC that the BEC is hooked up to? I have both removed as of now but the ESC that controls rear motor does not operate, I'm pretty sure because I don't have the red wire on that ESC plugged into the RX.

The pack wires power the ESC's, the red wire from the ESC's to the RX powers the RX, since the BEC is plugged into the RX, you do NOT need the ESC to RX red wires.

Did you calibrate both ESC's to the RX??

[SMR 510RR]

I would think you have an ESC problem or radio programming problem at this point. There is no need for the red wire for the ESC to operate, it only powers the RX.

Swap slots for the ESC plugs and see if the problem follows the ESC or the RX slot and that will tell you where the problem is.

[agbracing]

If your running high torque servos you might want to go with 2 bec instead of just the one 10amp. I do not like to run my servo current draw through my receiver. There are several diagrams on here for wiring up your servos to the bec direct. I use wiring harness y and pull the red wire plugged into channel one. Then plug the bec into one side of the y and the servo into the other plug of the y harness. Just a thought.