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Originally Posted by Five-oh-joe
Is it possible for the mamba max to run hotter because of an extra 2700uf 25v rated low ESR cap? I just soldered the Novak cap leads directly to the board (got a hot enough iron), and am still testing it. Just wondering if it may hurt performance on say 2s lipo.
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No, more capacitance means cooler running, IF the controller has a voltage ripple issue -- more capacitance = lower voltage ripple at the controller. Adding additional capacitance is almost never a bad thing... it just isn't usually necessary.
I DON'T, however, suggest trying to solder to the Mamba Max board -- it's a six layer, heavy copper (six ounces per layer) board -- and soldering to that board is SO difficult that we had to spend about twenty thousand dollars upgrading our soldering equipment at work to handle the Mamba Max board. It requires a very good quality high power iron to get the board hot enough for soldering without over-temp on the chips...
Patrick