how to hard wire monster max onto feigao 7xl

[blueb8llz]

this is my first brushless setup and i want to hard wire the mmm wire onto the wire of the feigao 7xl. my question is...how is it done? back on my brushed motors i would just solder the wire onto the motor tab.
do i interlace/mesh the wires and then just solder them together? the wires from the motor are very stiff too. and what color to what color do i match the mmm and 7xl wires with? should i electric tape them first before i solder the wires together? any help or tip appreciated.

[BL_RV0]

I am not sure how to hardwire a MMM onto a motor because the MMM does not have any wires coming out of it. Only thing that I could think of to do is to disassemble the MMM and unsolder the bullet connectors from the board, then solder the motor wires onto that.

[rabosi]

The MMM coming out right now do in fact have wires coming out. They haven't started putting the connectors on yet.

Originally Posted by blueb8llz

this is my first brushless setup and i want to hard wire the mmm wire onto the wire of the feigao 7xl. my question is...how is it done? back on my brushed motors i would just solder the wire onto the motor tab.
do i interlace/mesh the wires and then just solder them together? the wires from the motor are very stiff too. and what color to what color do i match the mmm and 7xl wires with? should i electric tape them first before i solder the wires together? any help or tip appreciated.

I would just solder the exisiting wires together, and its not as simple as what colored wires go where, connect the 3 wires in any order you want and the motor will either spin in forward or reverse, if it does spin in reverse just switch 2 of the 3 wires and it will spin in the correct direction....you might want to solder on connectors in the beggining to test the direction

[blueb8llz]

thanks but i changed my mind. im actaully just gonna use the bullet plugs.

[BL_RV0]

Originally Posted by rabosi

The MMM coming out right now do in fact have wires coming out. They haven't started putting the connectors on yet.

Really? Yay!

[BrianG]

Using a single wire is almost always better than butting two wires end to end, but FWIW, I use the following procedure to connect two wires together in a way that looks nice:

1: Get some large gauge butt connectors from RadioShack or electrical supply shop. The Yellow ones in the RS link are good for 12GA, but not sure about anything larger.

2: Cut the plastic sheathing off the inner metal tube.

3: Drill a ~1/16" hole on both ends. This provides a place to feed in the solder.

4: Tin both inside ends of the connector.

5: Strip/tin the wire ends. Make sure the ends are tightly twisted first because if the wires are tinned while too loose, they won't fit into the end of the connector. Although, I've had this happen and just used a dremel sanding wheel to do a little trimming.

6: Insert the wires to each end of the connector and solder. Heatshrink the whole connector.

You should have a clean looking wire connection without a large lump where the connection was made.

BTW: If your power wires are 10GA, 12GA motor wires is plenty. You gotta remember that the motor wires, being 3-phase, will see 66% of the total current. So, 100A on the power wires will be around 66A on the motor wires.