Turnigy marine 180 amp esc???

[lonewolf]

Hey boaters I have a turnigy marine 180 amp esc and have a few questions about the set up of this esc..

1. can I cut the red wire and still use the programming card....

2.will the esc still work with rx if I cut the red wire??


I will leave this at this till a get a reply and go from there??
Thanks a bunch guys!!!!

[Luck as a Constant]

1. Yes
2. Only if you supply power externally to the rx.
Red=power


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[lonewolf]

Ok that answers half my question thanks !!!! now for the programming card part with red wire cut???

[Luck as a Constant]

I've never done it... but i know there are two ports on the program card. one is for use if using red wire, the other is for when when not using red wire.

[lonewolf]

Ahhh that kinna makes sense now Ill give that a try and hope for the best..Thanks a bunch!!!!!

[tlandauer]

Yes, there are two ports, the other one is for you to supply a receiver pack to give juice for the programming.
@Lonewolf, can you just pull the clip out and not cut it? Many people do that on 6s set ups. They run a separate receiver pack.

[lonewolf]

got ya was my plan now to get the qwires popped out any hints ????

[tlandauer]

If you have a small screw driver, depress the clip and gently pull it out. Any small enough pointed object will do the trick.

[785boats]

Why pull the red wire?
I run the BEC in all of my SK180's. 4s & 6s setups. Never a problem.
Unless it's a twin. Then it is advisable to remove the red wire on one of the ESC's

[tlandauer]

Why pull the red wire?
I run the BEC in all of my SK180's. 4s & 6s setups. Never a problem.
Unless it's a twin. Then it is advisable to remove the red wire on one of the ESC's

Same question I had...

[lonewolf]

I am running twins.... I will be using a seperate pack for RX and servo.... Need to find one of those darnit cant remember goes inline to power servo...am running a 1/4 scale servo...

[Vin-m]

just get yourself a y harness and save yourself a load of trouble programming at a later date.the red wire is cut on 1 of the y harness wires and if you wanted to run a battery pack you could just clip the other.but it would leave the wires on your esc's stock so that programming will be simple.otherwise you have to power the program card with the reciever battery pack.

[lonewolf]

I will do a combination of the two will pull the wire on y harness and use a sep. pack thanks for the advice

[dasboata]

got ya was my plan now to get the qwires popped out any hints ????

#11 x-acto lift up the small black stop holding in the female connector in you will need it in to program it with the card

[785boats]

I see your point now lonewolf. A 1/4 scale servo would certainly tax the bec in the T180. But here's a tip.
Pull the red wire in the Y harness at both the ESC plugs, not just at the RX plug.
Otherwise spurious voltages can backfeed from one ESC to the other & cause damage.