EVX-2 question

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SFC K

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I sent this to TRAXXAS Support last night just to make sure I am good to go. I have not heard back if this will be ok...Any thoughts?

"I have the new EVX-2 ESC and I am running it in my stock Clod Buster with the Stock RS-540 motors. My question is, I would like to run a single 3S, 11.1 volt lipo battery and was wondering if I used this connector would the ESC be fine? Is there 11.1 volts going to each input red wire to the ESC? I know that total the ESC can handle 16.8 volts. I don't want to fry my new ESC."


http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0095P?FVSEARCH=GPMM3141
 
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joestroud

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I hooked the battery up to the connector with "disconnect battery to turn off electronic speed control" and the other connector has a looped(shorted) connector on it.
 
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SFC K

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Well, I got a response. So I guess I will be going the two battery route...Yeah I could use the jumper if I wanted to run 6 Volts. I this case I wanted to run a single 11.1 Volt.

Traxxas Response:
"It will not work. The most you can run on a single battery is 8.4 volts."
 
Ball Racing

Ball Racing

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In some cases what it does is over tax the ESC's BEC.
Novak on their super duty recommends running a seperate BEC if you go with a high single input.
 
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markturbo

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Couldn't you run a jumper to tie the two leads off the esc into one so that it would see the 11.v from your one battery?
 
Ball Racing

Ball Racing

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You can, but the way it's wired puts alot of juice to the factory bec, which in turn tries to shut down..
If you were running less voltage, then yes..
 
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