Fried the great HV110!!!

[BrianG]

No, I think they're saying the pulsed amperage was what caused the issue.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying anyway. If you were running a 1/8 scale anything, I'll bet that you hit over 100A quite a few times in surges.

[lutach]

Ok. Now I have a Schulze 40.160, do you guys think I'll have any problems like the one I had with the HV110?

A Schulze? Maybe, maybe not. I don't own a Schulze, but many here have reported the Schulze letting the smoke out for no apparent reason. Did you just go and order that? That's a mighty expensive controller just for running in a truck.

[lutach]

AAngel,

I bought the controller about a year or so ago. My point exactly. It is expensive and I also heard that Schulze is not the best with customer service.

[lutach]

Serum,

The size is not a big issue on the truck. I'm just afraid the controller might go up in smoke and I hate to loose a controller like that.


Captain,

The wires on the CC HV110 are 10GA and they are shorter than all my other controller's wires. I also haven't had the chance to buy the 5.5 or 6mm connectors, but I'll be changing all the connectors. The HV110 ran fine 3 days ago when I did a short test, but yesterday as soon as I gave a little throttle it started smoking. The pinion in the truck right now is 22T and the spur is 51T and the diffs are 3.3 from the buggy. The truck also weighs over 10lbs so I might be overloading things a bit.

[Serum]

So far i haven't heard about a smoked 40.160 yet, they seem to be bombproof, from what i've heard.

Only point is they are the size of spain. :p

But it is one heck of a controller!

[captain harlock]

I noticed that the most important procedures one should take with any controller to insure a safe and smooth operation, is to make the wires super short( I even thought about connecting the controller directly to the motor with no wires at all!!!) Hard wiring without the usage of connectors between the motor and esc. When using a large pinion gear, it will drain loads of amps out of the controller and will greatly heat the wires and motor. You should use high quality connectors with a great heat resistance capability( the deans are good, but the 6mm sized schulze connectors or BK's 5.5mm ones are much better). Some controllers come with 13-14GA wires, for extra safety( espicially in Monster Trucks and buggies), replace them with 12GA wires( Dean's Noodle wires, for example). A cooling fan on the motor and controller is a good topping, but shorting down the wires is more ipmortant.
I believe most of you know this, but thought about refreshing your minds.
I made those precautions on my 18.149 schulze controller and it did not break a sweat under hard acceleration. Just DON'T use brakes a lot.

I tried the 6mm connectors and they are nice and wide, but short. They also have a lot of contact area, but they are kind of thin. I tried out the 5.5mm conncectors and they have a more substantial feel to them. I'm using the 5.5mm connectors now.

That Schulze is huge, but it's purdy. I think I'd make room to be able to run that thing.

[lutach]

Everything is hooked up and tomorrow I'll try it out. I did a quick test and everything is running, but tomorrow I will see how good this thing is.

[BrianG]

From what I've heard, those Schulze ESCs run just about anything and run smooth.... until they burst into flames. I wonder if it would help if they added heatsinks?

How is the programming on those ESCs? I doubt they are as programmable as the MM - I assume they have about as many options as a Quark?

[lutach]

Man I hope this thing doesn't burn. Programming is very easy through some DIP switches and they have something called ISP (Intelligent Self Program) something like that. I also think you can program it using your radio like most ESC.

[BrianG]

Well, I wish you the best of luck. Some people run theirs forever with no issues, so as long as you aren't pushing the V or A ratings, I think you should be fine.

[lutach]

All I want is to get the truck to go 80 or maybe 100MPH. After that I'll cool down a bit.