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BrianG · 03.11.2006, 08:51 PM

Which connector (male or female) comes on the motor? I got some of the parts I ordered today, but the motor is still on back-order. So, I thought I'd do the soldering of the connectors on the ESC so everything will be "plug-n-play" when the motor does get here. From the pictures at RCM, it looks like the female 5mm connectors (the "socket") are on the motor wires. This would mean the male (split prongs) 5mm connectors go on the ESC wires, right? I would hate to solder it wrong and have to do it over...

Also, my 12020 ESC looks different than the picture at RCM. Mine has a single red power wire and a single black power wire, but two wires for each phase for the motors. If anything, I would think it would be reverse (two sets of power wires and one wire for each motor phase) since each of the blue wires will be carrying less current than the power wires at any one time. It's not a big deal, but I'm just curious why BK would do that.

A little off topic, but the BEC jumper is really buried in there isn't it! For a while, I thought my ESC didn't have a BEC until I used a strong light and saw it sitting wayyy back behind the red jumper. That's a lot of circuitry packed onto a small board!

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	03.11.2006, 08:51 PM Which connector (male or female) comes on the motor? I got some of the parts I ordered today, but the motor is still on back-order. So, I thought I'd do the soldering of the connectors on the ESC so everything will be "plug-n-play" when the motor does get here. From the pictures at RCM, it looks like the female 5mm connectors (the "socket") are on the motor wires. This would mean the male (split prongs) 5mm connectors go on the ESC wires, right? I would hate to solder it wrong and have to do it over... Also, my 12020 ESC looks different than the picture at RCM. Mine has a single red power wire and a single black power wire, but two wires for each phase for the motors. If anything, I would think it would be reverse (two sets of power wires and one wire for each motor phase) since each of the blue wires will be carrying less current than the power wires at any one time. It's not a big deal, but I'm just curious why BK would do that. A little off topic, but the BEC jumper is really buried in there isn't it! For a while, I thought my ESC didn't have a BEC until I used a strong light and saw it sitting wayyy back behind the red jumper. That's a lot of circuitry packed onto a small board!