I have a new Max6 on order with a 4895 1640kv motor for my aging Kraton 6S v4, but with a lot of heavy M2C upgrades. I'm adding even more goodness to my beast.
Anyways, am I crazy for trying this: I want to do some experiments and have maximum flexibility - so i want to create a custom wiring harness (why doesn't anyone sell these!?!?)
So on one end, I have my Max6 ESC. I want to terminate the ESC into QS8 connectors: cuz their the new hotness, aparently. (no real reason actually - could just as easily use some bullet connectors, or Amass XT150s, or some really cool (but expensive) Supra X connectors I recently discovered. I was thinking of creating a "no wire" connector, similar to this: https://a.co/d/0ALe7vm, which is a EC5 to parallel EC5, but I couldn't find any that did a 1:3 split. Interestingly, I found this guy https://a.co/d/4aQiYEy, which is a EC5 male to femle, with a JST lead. That would be promising, for the BEC, but not quite. I mean, I could create my own parallel "no-wire" 1:2 split with a JST female.... but then I got to thinking... and maybe a bit crazy.
I found this interesting thing: a 1:3 splitter with SAE ends (which I will cut off and replace with my own connectors). I think this is used for solar panels. Whats interesting to me is that the 1:3 split is factory soldered/joined - probably very low resistance, and probably better than anything I could do. Whats interesting is this is available in many different gauges and configurations like 1:2 and 1:4. For my application, (6s typical, maybe i'll try out 8s later) I think 12awg should be good - but I'm not an electrician, so please tell me if i'm about to burn down my rc ;-)
I think maybe its better to just draw out a diagram of what I'm thinking of doing:
I realize that for a Kraton 6S basher, I probably don't need a BEC, and definitely don't need a cap pack. What I kinda like about the bec is I could use it to power 12v or 8v 40mm fans, and keep the receiver on the ESC's built in BEC. In any case, it gives options: if I don't want the BEC or cappack one day, its pretty easy just to unplug it.
What do ya'll think - crazy? Will it work? Or is just a big waste of time?
Anyways, am I crazy for trying this: I want to do some experiments and have maximum flexibility - so i want to create a custom wiring harness (why doesn't anyone sell these!?!?)
So on one end, I have my Max6 ESC. I want to terminate the ESC into QS8 connectors: cuz their the new hotness, aparently. (no real reason actually - could just as easily use some bullet connectors, or Amass XT150s, or some really cool (but expensive) Supra X connectors I recently discovered. I was thinking of creating a "no wire" connector, similar to this: https://a.co/d/0ALe7vm, which is a EC5 to parallel EC5, but I couldn't find any that did a 1:3 split. Interestingly, I found this guy https://a.co/d/4aQiYEy, which is a EC5 male to femle, with a JST lead. That would be promising, for the BEC, but not quite. I mean, I could create my own parallel "no-wire" 1:2 split with a JST female.... but then I got to thinking... and maybe a bit crazy.
I found this interesting thing: a 1:3 splitter with SAE ends (which I will cut off and replace with my own connectors). I think this is used for solar panels. Whats interesting to me is that the 1:3 split is factory soldered/joined - probably very low resistance, and probably better than anything I could do. Whats interesting is this is available in many different gauges and configurations like 1:2 and 1:4. For my application, (6s typical, maybe i'll try out 8s later) I think 12awg should be good - but I'm not an electrician, so please tell me if i'm about to burn down my rc ;-)
I think maybe its better to just draw out a diagram of what I'm thinking of doing:
I realize that for a Kraton 6S basher, I probably don't need a BEC, and definitely don't need a cap pack. What I kinda like about the bec is I could use it to power 12v or 8v 40mm fans, and keep the receiver on the ESC's built in BEC. In any case, it gives options: if I don't want the BEC or cappack one day, its pretty easy just to unplug it.
What do ya'll think - crazy? Will it work? Or is just a big waste of time?
