boat electrics

[James Hill 5Participant @jameshill5]

I`m just starting to fit the electrics in the boat and have a couple of questions I wonder if someone may have the answer to.

Firstly, my ESC will be sitting quite close to the motor and I wondered if it might suffer from any interferece from the motor even though the motor will have three suppressors.

Secondly, I need to extend the ribbon lead from the ESC to the receiver. Does it matter that the two leads have differing coloured wires?the lead from the ESC is orange ,red and black and the extension lead is red, white and black. Does it change any signal sent?

If either of these things are a problem then I`ll look at alternative set ups.

Many thanks,

Jim.

[James Hill 5Participant @jameshill5]

[Dave MilbournParticipant @davemilbourn48782]

Jim,

1. No

2. Not as long as the colours match up. Brown = Black, Red = Red, Orange = White. The plugs should be polarised by having the shoulders on one side chamfered away. Here's a drawing

[James Hill 5Participant @jameshill5]

Thanks for that Dave,

Many thanks for the diagram, a great help to a novice boat electrician!

Best wishes

Jim.

[James Hill 5Participant @jameshill5]

Further to my query yesterday about the ribbon extension from ESC to receiver and wire colours. The male plug on the extension lead has no polarising moulding,therefor am I learning correctly that it goes in position two the same way as position one ( that is, colours side by side ) in order to continue the signal. As a matter of curiosity, what would happen if it was put the other way round? ( damage or nothing happening? ). Hopefully learning as I go along.

Many thanks,

Jim.

[Dave MilbournParticipant @davemilbourn48782]

Jim

I think you'll find that it will have the chamfers although it won't necessarily have the web. The wires should run on from one connector to the next as shown below. If you connect them the wrong way around a) you'll meet some slight physical resistance when you try it and b) you won't damage anything.

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Jim,

If you've not already seen it, have a lok at Dave's article here:

**LINK**

Mainly about the electrics rather than the radio side but lots of useful info.

Colin

Edited By Colin Bishop on 24/07/2020 12:43:34

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Jim

You would do well to take Dave's advice as he is one of the UKs best at model boat electronics, even us 'experts' go to him for advice.

Paul

[James Hill 5Participant @jameshill5]

Thanks once again Dave,

Colin and Paul T, thank you for your suggestions. I`ve referred to Dave`s article several times. ( and will do again )

I just wanted to clarify a couple of things as I started to put things together.

Many thanks,

Jim.

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