2 battery setup on receiver ????
01-16-2007, 10:05 PM
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2 battery setup on receiver ????
Okay guys i need to know how to setup 2 batteries in a ziroli dc 3
I want to run 2 batteries to 1 reciver whats the setup on this
Thanks
I want to run 2 batteries to 1 reciver whats the setup on this
Thanks
01-17-2007, 06:06 AM
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RE: 2 battery setup on receiver ????
That's it. But....
If you have no spare channels left in the Rx, you can also stick a y-lead in one channel, put the servo on one side and the 2nd batt on the other (via it's switch of course!).
Cam
If you have no spare channels left in the Rx, you can also stick a y-lead in one channel, put the servo on one side and the 2nd batt on the other (via it's switch of course!).
Cam
01-18-2007, 11:48 PM
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RE: 2 battery setup on receiver ????
That is a good link. I read the section about parallel operation and was glad to see that it paralleled my operation. Then I decided to add the site to my 'Favorites' and saw that I already had it there! Just goes to show us that it would be beneficial to do some research on our own - that we have probably already done before. Or maybe it is only a good thing for those of us who have "senior moments" to do?
01-19-2007, 09:57 AM
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RE: 2 battery setup on receiver ????
What's the setup?
Simple.
Two of whatever you already have. Same components, same hookup layout. Your regular battery/switch and a clone. But instead of plugging the clone into the same female plug where the regular line goes (which is really, really hard to do.... two plugs into one recepticle doesn't work real good), you plug it into any unused recepticle. Or "Y" it into any other.
Guys used to do that years ago when batteries and switches weren't as reliable as today.
Simple.
Two of whatever you already have. Same components, same hookup layout. Your regular battery/switch and a clone. But instead of plugging the clone into the same female plug where the regular line goes (which is really, really hard to do.... two plugs into one recepticle doesn't work real good), you plug it into any unused recepticle. Or "Y" it into any other.
Guys used to do that years ago when batteries and switches weren't as reliable as today.
01-19-2007, 06:52 PM
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RE: 2 battery setup on receiver ????
Monstertruckman, Just simply plugging a second pack into any open port on the receiver is not the recommended method. If one of the packs is failing due to a bad cell or short curcuit .... it will probably drain the other pack down with it. I use the Jomar-EMS Ultimate battery backer in most airplanes. Both packs are plugged into it and it has electronics in it to prevent the draining of the second pack I described above. It is not expensive .... and provides the true power redundency you want. Personally, in an aircraft as great (and not to mention all the work involved in building it) as a Ziroli DC3, you may want to consider Duralites. You could use 2 seperate batteries, each with their own switch harness (which has its own built in voltage regulator). Bob
