Great video once again 👊!!! These bench vids are loaded with useful info for the RC masses. Just had to do wire swaps with 2 new motor ESC combos. PS, digging the 4092 1480kv Hobbystar. Just had to gear up a bit, but torque is great paired with the Hexfly Hex6 8s version, running 6s. 🤘🤘😎💪👊👊
@@lindsayk41 In a non-sensored setup, the motor wires do not have a specific orientation. Running a sensored motor and ESC would require the A to A, B to B, C to C orientation in order to function properly.
I just wanted to add and I'm pretty sure you know to maybe forgot to mention Center wires on both the motor and ESC always be connected the yellow wire sometimes not always the yellow wire but whatever the center wire is on both the motor and ESC should always be hooked up and then like you showed you can either have it Go counterclockwise or clockwise by switching the outside to wires which would be a and b. I don't know hopefully that helps also great video
Hi there! I'm fairly new to RC. I bought a Kyosho Optima Mid and a Kyosho Le Mans 240S brushless motor to go with it. I don't know which type of ESC I should buy to match the motor. Can I use a brushed ESC or does it have to be brushless also? And if you could suggest a brand and model of ESC that I should buy. Thanks a bunch for helping me out!
Definitely a brushless ESC. If you're just looking to get up and running or you want something a little more on the competitive side, check these out: www.rcjuice.com/motor-esc/car-esc-s/1-12-1-10-short-course-esc-s/hobbystar-60a-brushless-sensored-esc.html www.rcjuice.com/motor-esc/car-esc-s/1-12-1-10-short-course-esc-s/toro-ts120-aluminum-race-sensored-esc-blue.html
Ha....My motor has three black wires and so does the ESC. I'm assuming the middle wire of each go together, then I can connect the others and play around with finding the right direction and swap around if required...correct?
Correct, the order makes no difference at all unless it's spinning in the wrong direction for your application. Other than the direction, it's impossible to connect them in any "wrong" order on a sensorless motor.
Thank you for your video. It helped me understand how to make my two motors go in opposite directions. I do have a question, though. I understand regular two wire power, but what is the third wire for?
I Love Your Videos Buddy ❤ I have a new castle brushless esc but so want to run my old brushed motor since my 7 year old drives it too. Can you tell me which of the 3esc wires I connect to my old brushed motor Please 🙏 😇😎🌄
so, I'm trying to run a sensor less motor with a controller that has no hall sensor wires to the motor. It only has the rx tx and blue wires for the display. It's all hooked up and nothing. Should I try attaching the blue "display " wire to the blue phase wire?
I got a flytec 2011-5, want to upgrade with a water jet. Can I use the original controller after that? Or... what I need if already have the motor and the pump?
Hello, is it possible to install a coreless motor instead of brushless on this quadcopter board? Because the motor without a core has two output wires, but the motor of this quadcopter has four wires
It makes no difference on a non-sensored motor, just connect them in any order and if the motor is running in the wrong direction for you then simply reverse ANY 2 wires and it will change direction. There is no wrong way to connect them on a sensorless unit.
I am new to the brushless motor hobby. I was told that I should be careful about how long the cables are between the battery and esc and the esc to the motor. Is there any kind of formula for that? I see when I bought the motor that the directions said it was OK to shorten the cables on it. What is the rule on that? What is your thought on capacitor packs? Thank you in advance, Bill
We'd need to see that controller, but that doesn't sound like it's going to work. Brushless motors are essentially AC motors (not that cut and dry but for simplification purposes) so that will likely not work.
I have the surpass hobby brushless motor 2030 and the esc is the traxxas vxl3m. And the motor wires are not colored and I saw it was going reverse, so i flipped it. And sudden the motor got so hot when its not being driven yet and the battery is a 2s lipo 2000mah and is the cause of it?
I have this bldc fan motor that has ( white, blue, yellow, red) from left to right. What are these wires and if I can hook up couple of them to a souce of DC to test it to see if this thing is any good which two wires should I hook my power to? I am assuming the other two wires, one maybe tachometer and the other probably pulse modulation. Should I be able to read some resistance between whatever wires or how does that work? Or should there be resistance between the two wires that go to power source. I hooked up the white and the blue to DC power and the fan did not run and I noticed current was really kicking in with hardly any voltage applied. So I disconnected. This thing goes on the evaporator of my fridge. I think this motor is shot. Shouldn't the fan blades spin loose and free without any quick stopping? When I hook up all the wires together or any two wires, the fan blade spin does not show any change? It says 9.75 volts DC on it.
thank you. I was little scared while plugging my motor to other esc without knowledge of wire color... I saw "little smoke" and then i disconnected all of wires real quick... maybe iit wasnt smoke from wiring, only dust?'
What are these cables called? I’ve been searching but can’t find anywhere. My Esc to motor cable snapped on Erevo 2.0 please help me find the name of these holed connectors
There are no set rules for this, it depends on the application but for most 1/10 and 1/8 motors 12AWG wire is sufficient, 10AWG for high-power 1/8 applications and 8AWG for 1/5 setups.
Definitely not guaranteed. In general, you'll catch it right away due to the symptoms you noted and can switch with no adverse affect. Prolonged use can damage so it's advised to fix ASAP.
Not at all, on a non-sensored motor the 3 wires can go in any order, if it's spinning in the opposite direction of what you need simply swap ANY 2 wires and it will reverse the rotation but any wire can go to any lead. On a sensored motor you must connect A-A, B-B and C-C if the sensor harness is connected, if you do not hook up the wires in order on a sensored motor it will not operate correctly.
All 3 wires are motor power, simply connect all 3 wires in any order and if it's spinning in the opposite direction that you want, then just swap around any of the 2 wires and it will reverse direction. There are no "signal" wires on these motors, some car motors are sensored and do have a separate harness for the sensor connection, but of the 3 main wires all are just phase wires and on a non-sensored motor like an aircraft motor, the wire order does not matter other than for direction of rotation.
i was taking apart my rc car and putting it back together because I needed to remount the taped parts. I misplaced the a and c wire with each other and tried to run it a couple of times (no more than 4) before I realised the issue. I switched them back. Could this have damaged my motor or esc? I have a sensored brushless motor btw
BUT with sensor type motors: is it possible to take a motor with sensors and hook it up to an ECS (meant for a sensor type motor) and hook it up to make it work? In general are all sensor type ECS's and all sensor type brushless motors compatible? Now, I've said that two ways. I want to have a discussion about how easy it is to work with (hook up) brushless motors. ON the ECS, what do each of those three wires go to on the motor (purpose)? That was a messy question - hopefully you can decipher the meaning of the issues at hand here.
If it is a non-sensored motor, you can simply swap any 2 wires and it will reverse the rotation. If it's a sensored motor then the 3 wires do have to be connected in the proper A-B-C order and you must reverse the rotation via ESC programming.
HI, GREAT VIDEO, THANKS. CAN A 500 WATT, BRUSHLESS MOTOR BE HOOKED STRAIGHT TO A BATTERY WITHOUT ANY OTHER COMPONENT? DOES A 500 WATT BRUSHLESS MOTOR HAVE TO BE HOOKED UP TO A CONTROLER? THANK YOU.
Must have a comtroller because they switch alternatly to make it run because without brushed moving on the armeture to switch it manual by motor rotation it's done using the controller.
Thank you for your input. We cover this in the first minute of the video. If you have a non-sensored motor/esc, orientation of the wires does not matter. If the motor spins in the opposite direction of what you want, simply swap any two wires and it will rotate in the opposite direction.
I have a 250w 24v dc motor for an ebike it has 3 contacts , how do I wire it to a motor controller that has 3 main wires and then 5 small wires 3 of which are hall sensors ?
Hard to say as we are not familiar with ebike controllers, but on most RC ESC's you can simply just not connect the sensor wires and the motor will stull run just fine. The controller may require a sensor connection, but it's worth trying just connecting the 3 main wires.
I have only two wire coming inside my house..... i have a problem in connection. And my baterry have only two outputs... i am confuse i cannot anymore...
I have a brushless motor with 2 big wire's red and black and 3 tiny wire's Need to reverse the motor operation. How? Red and black go to circuit board with a relay three tiny wire's to speed control
@@johngilbert5352 Sorry, but we would have to get our hands on that to see how it's all wired up. Since it's not an RC we are just not familiar with them offhand.
Lag is generally a result of the ESC setup and cannot be changed, the best you can usually do is to address any mechanical freeplay to minimize the effects of motor lag.
when i swap my wires round on my sensorless brushless motor i switch my thottle from normal to reverse so the car drives forward and it is so much more powerful, if i put the wires to normal the csr is slower . .does anyone know why?, cheers
Hey Simon, the throttle channel on some radios is "backward" from other radios. We often get e-mails from a customer with this issue, they note that their care goes much quicker in reverse than forwards. The solution is to do exactly as you did, or to reverse the throttle channel on your radio and re-calibrate.