A Possibility, 2 ESCs for 1 Motor
 

I was wondering for a little while now, is it possible to run 2 escs for 1 motor.... Let's say.. I wire up 2 schulze 18.61K and used it for 1 motor... Anyone ever gave this any thought?...

would that make the esc be able to handle 120+ amps?...

I was thinking of matching 2 identical models esc......

I think the feed back from one another would cause smoke. JMO

not like smoke is something unusual for a schulze....

Have two smoking schulze on one truck.

That would be origional, though not recomended

Is that two escs on one motor or two schulze smoking on one truck? Which one would be orginal and not suggested? :D

I'm wondering two escs....
I've already had two smoking schulze on my truck... hahaha

HOLY ScHULZE!!.. it's on fire.!!!

I wonder if it works, cuz it's sensorless... so I assume it only output the currents.. so if it only outputs to the motor... then it should work.. theoretically... I'm gonna buy another cheap $50 esc and try it out....

Two esc's on one motor

No, it's not possible.

The escs need to be synchronized, otherwise the can blow up one and another.. (one neat idea mr BK) synchronisation of two escs... it takes a 3080 and two 36150S types to make a car fly..

The 36150 allready is capable of handling 6500 watts.

that's because the 3080 have 6 connectors on the back of it?.... with 10000 watts, what esc could you possibly use for that 3080... the 40160 can only handle 7700 watts.. that's jut enough for the 3080....

It's because of the limit of the plugs.

couldn't you put two wires to one plug... like the schulze 40.160WK, it has 6 plugs on it....

Yes and the BK controllers have got 2 wires per output too. (6 in total) I don't understand your question.


It's not the wire that can't handle the power, it are the plugs..

Need better plugs to run the extra power. I know what you saying.

how about soldering the wires?

To what? directly to the motor? you need someting to surround the wire, to keep the resistance as low as possible. if you solder them to a flat surface, the resistance is higher.

oh, i thought that its better to solder everything together! proffesional racers do that, they even solder teh batt packs.

every plug is a lost, though two good soldering point and one plug can have a lower resistance than one sodered point.

Another reason why using 2 controllers on 1 motor might not be a good idea would be because all controllers are not made 100% equal (as in there are variances, as noticed between 9918 controllers with brake fade). The controllers could be fighting with each other due to their differences, causing extra stress (and possibly smoke!). The basic thing to do to get a more powerful controller would be to add more FETs on. Paralleling 2 controllers almost does this, but there is still the other circuitry that could cause problems.

But aren't those gold bullet plugs good for 100 Amps.... continuous.. but should be more than 100 Amps peak right?...

it's wierd.. why would they use 3.5mm connectors and 12 Gauge wires.... theoretically 12 Gauge wires cannot handle these high amperages....

I'm gonna order 2 of those cheap $50 esc from ebay...

I'll test it out for the purposes of no purpose....

When I find out the result.. I'll let you guys know...

and I'm gonna make a 300Amp ESC.. :) j/k

Try out the RC Smart ones this time, you already discovered the Tower ones are junky. :D

yeah.. but the tower ones are cheaper..... I think the RCSmart and the Tower are the same thing...

Perhaps you could use the steeringboard to juice up the two amplifier boards on those escs..