Is this put together well

Here are a couple pics of the set up of 12020 to a 8XL (this part should be arriving soon). This is the first set up I have done and want to be sure it's ok. The battery lines may be a little long, but the positive will have a stretch to reach. Any advice would be appreciated!

[sjcrss]

Everything looks good, i have a dumb question for you...what size did you resize your pics too....so they will fit onto the page better?.

[HotnCold]

looks about 200 x 200 pixels - imo

[maxxdude1234]

If you use the 'manage attachments' button at the bottom of the page, you can add photos there. It will automatically re-size them so they look like the ones at the top of this page - people can then click to see the full size image.

[sjcrss]

thanks......that helps....

[jagboy]

Everything looks well put together, but I think you might want to trim the battery wires down a little. The instructions for my 9920 said to keep the battery wires as short as possible.


JB

The pics were 640x480

What will having the bettery wires too long do? I can probably get 1/2 -1 inch off with how I am putting it together. If it's not going to make a huge difference, i would rather not do it. Getting those two thick wires on a deans adapter was a real pain!

[jagboy]

I know what ya mean. Deans are a pain to install. I'd try it as is then if it coggs, try taking off a couple inches. The manual says 4" from battery to ESC, but I dont know how thats even possible in most situations.


JB

[Dafni]

Originally Posted by jagboy

Deans are a pain to install.

:rolleyes:



IMHO, deans are pretty easy to solder!

[jagboy]

lol, maybe with your soldering skills and a 3rd hand device. With my two hands and my soldering skills, they are a pain.


JB

[Serum]

It is rather long, but as long as it runs okay, don't bother.

Thanks folks. I will give it a go when the motor gets in. What kind of problems will I see with long wires?

[BrianG]

Longer wires means more voltage drop, which means less voltage gets to your motor.

[Re~Mix]

I think those wires should be fine, you really need excessively long wires to have a significant voltage drop. Most lost power will come from the soldering connections, if those are solid and well done you should be fine. Keeping the wires short is desirable yet I think it'll be fine.

Though the wire length doesn't actually affect your truck, it does affect thee utmost important thing...damaged esc replacement. If there are too many wires, it gives schulze (or maybe even BK) a reason to charge you for the replacement.