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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?
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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.
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