ESCs & motors

ESCs & motors

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3 November 2016 at 20:35 #68437
P. H. Stones
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Installing two Mtroniks Viper 25s into a boat with two 600 motors was easy enough but getting them to work properly was not. Following the ESC instructions I removed one of the red wires and linked everything up only to find that one motor only operated and when I changed the ESCs over, the other motor worked but not the first. I am using a Y lead for connection to the receiver and have checked all wiring. Something's wrong somewhere but what?
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3 November 2016 at 20:35 #5450
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3 November 2016 at 20:51 #68438
Kev.W
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So the same ESC works both motors, but the other ESC works neither?

If so, have you tried each ESC on it's own, with both motors individually (takes the Y lead out of the equation).

It sounds as if one ESC is faulty, it does happen.
4 November 2016 at 14:11 #68440
P. H. Stones
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Thanks Kip. I carried out your suggestion and found that both ESCs are fine so reinstated the Y lead and tried again. At first the same problem arose but I finally tracked the culprit down. It seems one of the two batteries was not producing sufficient power despite reading OK without a load. Once that had been changed the two motors ran well so I'm hopeful all is now operational. Next step is to sail the boat.

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