Originally Posted by
boater
Have you ever had heat damage to a servo lead connector??
Yes sir I have.
In a World Models p-51 that I had bought. I flew it for 3-5 flights or so after the purchase. Was at a fly-in & decided to trade it sans electrics. When I pulled the wing servos (it had extensions) the extension connector in the wing was severely melted. Very close to fail in my opinion.
Granted I did not know its previous history. I flew it with "kid gloves". Never the less it happened and it taught me a lesson. A cheap lesson. For someone else it might not turn out so inexpensive.
Originally Posted by
dirtybird
(* The one condition I can see overloading the connector to the servo is if it stalls, that servo is going to draw more amps than the connector can pass. At this time, with the 3 pin connectors being used, this cannot be helped.)
The servo motor will burn out long before the connector.
That amp rating for the connector is for continuous duty.
The short term spikes will not bother it.
This is good to know dirtybird. I just hope I never have to find out if it is true! A 7955 @6V stalled is 4.2 amps, x2, add in a "Y" connector (going through 3 ,3 pin connectors), I personally do not want to take that chance.
Blue Skies,
Stan