Turnigy marine t-120 esc

[Southwest]

Yes, I've got another Turnigy marine t-120 amp esc and took a good look and see the 2 caps are 470uF 35v and think that isn't enough. Anyone knowing the exact caps will be appreciated and how many. Oh yes, thanks! I just never looked at the other esc and took it for granted as it work alright.

[lenny]

My t-120a had two 35v 390uF caps that were bad,
And I replaced them with two 35v 1000uF caps and the esc works good now.

[srislash]

My t-120a had two 35v 390uF caps,
I replaced the with three 35v 1000uF caps and my setup works a lot better now in my 36"shockwave modded to FE.

Your only running a 120 in that hull Len?

[lenny]

Yep.
Same t120a with the two stock caps and I added three 35v 1000uF caps to control the temps better,
When I modded the shockwave to FE with the 9xl 1898kv Feigao start with.
Than the motor shaft bent so I tried the 4074 1800kv and have the 2200kv in it now.

[Southwest]

Wait a minute; post #2 says you HAD 2 factory caps and replaced them with 3 -1000 and post #4 says you didn't replace the factory caps but added 3 - 1000 ????????????

[lenny]

Sorry I just looked at it again today.
Post #3 is right for the 36" shockwave and esc,
It has been about a year or more when did it to that one.

But in post #2 I did that one about 3 months ago,
And I just took the two bad stock caps off and replaced them with two 35v 1000uF caps and it works good now.

[Southwest]

Thanks, not causing trouble but thought my glasses were dirty or floaters were occurring, don't get OLD!

[lenny]

Thanks, not causing trouble but thought my glasses were dirty or floaters were occurring, don't get OLD!

Well I guess it beats the alternative.

[Southwest]

I found my t-120 caps weren't soldered on the + end on both and esc got hot, scratch 1 t-120.

[ray schrauwen]

I did this to the HK T120 esc. Runs really nice.

I don;t trust those 2 tiny caps on there. This is not the easiest thing to do but, not super hard. I removed the originals immediately and added 130*F 35V-1000uF caps instead.

[Southwest]

Ray, where did you find the 130*F 35 v-1000uF caps at. I went thru and found 105*f 35v-1000uF caps only!?

[ray schrauwen]

From the Cap King out of NY. CAPS They are not the lowest Impedence caps but, if Etti uses them they have to be pretty good.

I have heard one person bought certain caps from him that did not work well but, not sure which ones but, not these though. These seem to work well.

I think it's a good idea to test them first to make sure they charge properly. just put a meter to resistance scale and watch them charge. If you had a capacitor checker, that would be even better but, they are pretty expensive I think.

[Southwest]

Ray, thanks! I'll check into a cap check today!