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Old 02-09-2013, 08:01 AM
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Default RE: Voltage Converter?

Is this a kero start?
The Castle regulator is rated for 10 amps max. An ECU battery needs to be able to supply a fair amount of amps during start up. Kero start a lot more Amps than gas start.
You might want to find a Nixx pack to borrow to do a test to see how many Amps your setup needs to start, then you will know what you need to do on the power supply side.

A 6 cell 7.2V NiCd or NiMh fully charged is near 9V, a 2 cell 7.4V LiPo fully charged is 8.4V.

If you have wires getting hot, I would do some checking to be sure that there is not some other issue.