[MetalMan]

Originally Posted by Byte

But MGM says that because of low-current connectors ESC's can go into fire. Well, when I started this hobby I had a 10 turns brushed + LRP brushed ESC. I used Tamiya connectors, and they melted three times, but to the motor or ESC nothing happened? Can anybody explain this? Or was it just lucky me?

Comparing brushed and brushless is like comparing apples and oranges (sort of...). Brushless ESCs do all the commutation, brushed motors do the commutation. Brushed ESCs do a lot less work than brushless ones, which is why brushless ESCs in brushed mode can handle so much current.

There's a lot more to go wrong with a brushless ESC, especially a sensorless one. If a rotor locked up on a brushed motor it might just fry the commutator or brushes, but in brushless there is no weak link like that.