An idea for future CC ESCs

[squeeforever]

Originally Posted by Sammus

ah yes, but with the exchange rate at the moment, id be paying over 400aud for per pack, more than i can afford :D I'd like to run my poor old zippys to their bitter end before having to get some enerland power! hopefully we'll be up close to parity again by that time *fingers crossed*

Come to think of it, I've never actually run a cell in a pack too low, I like the idea of them being monitored seperately though, you know... just in case :p

If you like that idea, they make a LVC that plugs into the taps. Next best thing...

[Sammus]

Originally Posted by squeeforever

If you like that idea, they make a LVC that plugs into the taps. Next best thing...

Yeah its not really a LVC though, it doesn't actually cut anything off does it? just flash some lights? at any rate, im not that worried about it, ie enough to add extra little bits on my car, i just think itd be a cool feature built into an esc.

[squeeforever]

Originally Posted by Sammus

Yeah its not really a LVC though, it doesn't actually cut anything off does it? just flash some lights? at any rate, im not that worried about it, ie enough to add extra little bits on my car, i just think itd be a cool feature built into an esc.

Actually the Dimension Engineering Cell Shield is a true LVC, and even has a temp probe that you can add to it to cut it off if they get to hot as well, but...Its for airplanes. Not sure how it would work out on a car. On there website they state that they have one in the works for cars, but I could have sworn they said that over a year ago.

[MetalMan]

Originally Posted by squeeforever

Actually the Dimension Engineering Cell Shield is a true LVC, and even has a temp probe that you can add to it to cut it off if they get to hot as well, but...Its for airplanes. Not sure how it would work out on a car. On there website they state that they have one in the works for cars, but I could have sworn they said that over a year ago.

I received a CAR version of this for beta testing. Tested it, sent them my results and my thoughts, and never received a reply back... So it doesn't seem they are interested in producing a version with pistol-radio software.

[squeeforever]

Originally Posted by MetalMan

I received a CAR version of this for beta testing. Tested it, sent them my results and my thoughts, and never received a reply back... So it doesn't seem they are interested in producing a version with pistol-radio software.

How did it perform?

[MetalMan]

Originally Posted by squeeforever

How did it perform?

It worked like expected, but what I didn't like was that after it shut off the throttle, and I returned the trigger to neutral, I could still grab full throttle and draw the batteries down further. In that situation the Cellshield just didn't respond fast enough. Of course I wouldn't normally treat Lipo batteries that way, but it was necessary for testing purposes.

[squeeforever]

Originally Posted by MetalMan

It worked like expected, but what I didn't like was that after it shut off the throttle, and I returned the trigger to neutral, I could still grab full throttle and draw the batteries down further. In that situation the Cellshield just didn't respond fast enough. Of course I wouldn't normally treat Lipo batteries that way, but it was necessary for testing purposes.

Yea, thats not completely uncommon though with external LVCs. Wish I coulda got one of the beta units. They were supposed to e-mail me when they were ready and send me one as well for testing, but never did.