What is this BS Castle is feeding this customer?

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Originally Posted by What's_nitro?

Couldn't that be prevented by installing a diode on the battery leads (unless the MMM uses regen' braking)??? Seems like something that should be done if there is the slightest chance of it happening.

The MMM uses regen braking -- has to, there is too much energy to try to dissipate as heat in the ESC, so the braking energy goes back to the battery.

Besides, the diode would just make the capacitors work HARDER, not less -- the issue comes when the power side impedance is so high that the capacitors have to work really hard to keep the ripple voltage low. When the capacitors have to work hard, they get hot -- if they get too hot they fail.

SO -- no resistors, no diodes, nothing at all in series between the battery and the ESC. The lower the battery to ESC resistance, the better for the ESC, and the cooler the ESC will run.

Thanx!