Castle 5th scale

Originally Posted by DwightSchrute

i saw the xl is using 8 gauge wire coming off the esc. does that mean the motor and batteries also should have 8 gauge wire as well?

I would. Castle has done their homework so if they fit a wire of a certain size to their ESC I would stick to it. Still I dare say that 10awg wire on the batts could hold up but why have a bottleneck in your setup. Make sure everything is equal all around and you will have an optimal setup.

[DwightSchrute]

Originally Posted by BIG-block

I would. Castle has done their homework so if they fit a wire of a certain size to their ESC I would stick to it. Still I dare say that 10awg wire on the batts could hold up but why have a bottleneck in your setup. Make sure everything is equal all around and you will have an optimal setup.

dam...that kinda sucks...that means i have to get all my packs rewired.
thanks for the info.

[RRHobbydepot]

I don't make any purchases with GP or HH but my distributors were still spinning their wheels on availability. I called another shop owner in the next town and what I posted is what he told me. He'd never been wrong before but, there's a first time for just about everything. What are the specs on the motor going to be? If they were already posted I missed them somewhere. I apologize for any confusion my post may have caused.

Originally Posted by DwightSchrute

dam...that kinda sucks...that means i have to get all my packs rewired.
thanks for the info.

If the wires on your packs are 12awg I would be worried. If they are 10awg then you might be right. It all depends on how much you are going to load your motor up. If your setup draws a fair bit less current than what the MMMXL is specified to handle then you should be OK. If you are going to push it to it's limit or even close I would go for 8awg wires all round. If Castle can see merit in using 8awg wires on this ESC then I would say that the batts should have the same.