RC-Monster Forums - Quark is up in smoke.

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Originally Posted by neweuser

A little off the topic here, but would it be bad to run a 125B when you not putting that much juice thru it? For example, let's say you have a controller that can handle xxx amount of juice, but you only run a little xxx amount and want to beef it up later with more, can you still run a high "grade" controller witha low grade motor and batts? i hope you can figure this out coolhand, it gets me worried that people are having some probs with the quarks latlely, i really wanted one but think i'll wait...

The only thing I have ever heard is that running an ESC at much lower current than it is rated for reduces the fine amounts of control, so it may cog at more. However, I am running a 10XL which is easy on the current and haven't seen any control or cogging issues with the Quark 125B, which is way more than the motor will need. Maybe that was an issue for older models, I dunno. Electronically speaking, it's better for longevity of the individual electronic components to run them much lower than their max ratings. Everything stays cooler and lasts longer.