Castle 5th scale

[DrKnow65]

8 gauge wire supports the maximum amperage the XL will handle, amperage not wattage. The wire you NEED to use has to support the amperage of the system. For example if you use 2000 watts at 29.6v that's 67.5 amps, if you use 2000 watts at 14.8v that's 135 amps. The wire you need for 135 amps is twice the size vs. 67.5 amps...

So the question is what amperage will your specific setup see, and what gauge wire do you need to support that amperage. The beauty of the XL is data logging, it will tell you the amps your pulling :-) From there it's easy :-)

You should be comforted though that most decent batts have large enough wires to match the amperage they can put out. So if the batts can handle the amps for your setup so can their wires.

[DwightSchrute]

Originally Posted by DrKnow65

8 gauge wire supports the maximum amperage the XL will handle, amperage not wattage. The wire you NEED to use has to support the amperage of the system. For example if you use 2000 watts at 29.6v that's 67.5 amps, if you use 2000 watts at 14.8v that's 135 amps. The wire you need for 135 amps is twice the size vs. 67.5 amps...

So the question is what amperage will your specific setup see, and what gauge wire do you need to support that amperage. The beauty of the XL is data logging, it will tell you the amps your pulling :-) From there it's easy :-)

You should be comforted though that most decent batts have large enough wires to match the amperage they can put out. So if the batts can handle the amps for your setup so can their wires.

thanks for the explanation, that makes alot of sense.

I've received the XL just yesterday and soon some photos on Mamba XL Savage setup...

Now just a silly question: why the XL has not a switch on/off button ?

Without switch is not so easy to calibrate the ESC (turn transmitter on; hold at full throttle and then connect the ESC to battery - quite easy if You have three hands...)

Bye, Andrea.