What happens if you exceed 10A on a deans micro?
09-22-2005, 12:52 AM
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What happens if you exceed 10A on a deans micro?
I'm getting intermitent ESC cutoff and I'm trying to eliminate the possibilites one by one.
I now see that the Deans micro connectors are rated at 10A. I've always used these and so I kept using them when I went with a brushless/lipo combo thats putting out 11.1A not knowing about the 10A rating.
What happens when you exceed the 10A? Will they just not flow more than 10A or will the melt or what?
Could this cause the ESC to cut out? The lipo is also only rated at 6C and some on here have suggested that may also be the problem.
I now see that the Deans micro connectors are rated at 10A. I've always used these and so I kept using them when I went with a brushless/lipo combo thats putting out 11.1A not knowing about the 10A rating.
What happens when you exceed the 10A? Will they just not flow more than 10A or will the melt or what?
Could this cause the ESC to cut out? The lipo is also only rated at 6C and some on here have suggested that may also be the problem.
09-22-2005, 07:54 AM
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RE: What happens if you exceed 10A on a deans micro?
What happens depends on how much you exceed the 10A rating by. 11.1 Amps, for example, isn't going to kill you. 15 Amps might cause a problem, though. Too much current will cause the connector to get hot.
These connectors are always capable of handling more than they're rated for. It's called "safety factor" in engineering. You're supposed to stay within the rated limits, but wink-wink, nudge-nudge.... You know what I mean
It's definitely your battery. This is a 1320mAh pack, right? It's only capable of about 8 Amps maximum, and then only in short bursts of 30 seconds to 1 minute at a time. You're probably drawing 8 Amps at half throttle all the time with your current setup.
There isn't the same kind of safety factor built into LiPoly batteries, unfortunately.
These connectors are always capable of handling more than they're rated for. It's called "safety factor" in engineering. You're supposed to stay within the rated limits, but wink-wink, nudge-nudge.... You know what I mean
It's definitely your battery. This is a 1320mAh pack, right? It's only capable of about 8 Amps maximum, and then only in short bursts of 30 seconds to 1 minute at a time. You're probably drawing 8 Amps at half throttle all the time with your current setup.
There isn't the same kind of safety factor built into LiPoly batteries, unfortunately.
09-22-2005, 10:49 AM
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RE: What happens if you exceed 10A on a deans micro?
Well thats not good to hear.
Yes its a GWS 11.1 1320. I'll do a little research then and get a quality battery.
Yes its a GWS 11.1 1320. I'll do a little research then and get a quality battery.
09-23-2005, 03:20 AM
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RE: What happens if you exceed 10A on a deans micro?
Where did you find the rating for these plugs? Not on dean's website last time i looked.
I heard they were good for 15...
I heard they were good for 15...
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RE: What happens if you exceed 10A on a deans micro?
The GWS Battery should be good for about 10.4 Amps. My current setup on my corsair pulls right about 10 amps and the battery is fine with that. I try not to fly WOT to much though. These GWS battery don't give out the same power that other lipos do though. There is a reason they are so cheap.
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RE: What happens if you exceed 10A on a deans micro?
Ah Gws. allways giving you less, for less!
If anything is suspicious in xray328's setup it's undoubtedly the cheap lipo... If he's drawing 11 amps and it's "rated" for 10 there's a strong chance the pack is not providing quite that much power.
what kind of esc are you using X? Might that be overcurrent protection if youre right on the limit, try a nicad pack with more than 10 amps discharge capacity to see if you can isolate it.
If it is the pack, discontinue use immediately. You will damage your pack and run a chance of having ripple currents damaging your esc even if it's capacity is many times greater than what you are running on it.
If anything is suspicious in xray328's setup it's undoubtedly the cheap lipo... If he's drawing 11 amps and it's "rated" for 10 there's a strong chance the pack is not providing quite that much power.
what kind of esc are you using X? Might that be overcurrent protection if youre right on the limit, try a nicad pack with more than 10 amps discharge capacity to see if you can isolate it.
If it is the pack, discontinue use immediately. You will damage your pack and run a chance of having ripple currents damaging your esc even if it's capacity is many times greater than what you are running on it.
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RE: What happens if you exceed 10A on a deans micro?
I've got a dymond pack coming.
I'm using a CC Thunderbird 18.
Hopefully the new pack takes care of things.
Thanks guys!
I'm using a CC Thunderbird 18.
Hopefully the new pack takes care of things.
Thanks guys!
