What size wire

[old guy]

what size wire should I use with a neu1521/1.5/S/8mm and a 240 esc and 5s
is the turnigy 8awg any good? or what is there to be used??
Old Guy

[m4a1usr]

The Turnigy 8ga is not bad wire. The insulation is good but it is not 100% pure silicone covering. Its some form of mixture. If you compare it to real known 100% silicone coated wire (like Deans or Wet Noodle) it does not feel the same. But I bet its melt rating is far above what any of us want to experience in anything other then a shorted condition. I have been using it since it came out over a year ago and it solders well. And the price and availability makes it very useful in builds and its very flexable for routing.

8ga would be a decent choice for your components selected. And I would also bump up the connectors to the 8mm bullets too. At least in the battery circuit. They will solder well with that wire and they have a great amperage rating. But they are hard to pull apart once connected! But hey,.......thats a good thing for conductivity.

I'm switching out all my lipo packs to 8mm bullets. Looks weird on some of the smaller packs (2S/3S/) but I like uniformity to my chargers and its the price to pay.

I dont recommend speaker wire/ amp power wire, although the oxygen free content copper makes it very tempting. The vinyl coating has a low melting level so it doesnt appeal to me. But it has been used successfully by some. To each their own. You can find some silicone battery extension / jumper cable 8ga wire on Ebay thats decent but the price is a bit high. Not what you will pay per foot for the Turnigy for sure.

John

[old guy]

Thanks for the help so would 10g be good for a 120esc set up?? out of 100 where would you put the turnigy wire and for the $ is it the best deal?? and if one was to go better what would one use?? thanks again
Old Guy

[m4a1usr]

Thanks for the help so would 10g be good for a 120esc set up?? out of 100 where would you put the turnigy wire and for the $ is it the best deal?? and if one was to go better what would one use?? thanks again
Old Guy

10ga is more then enough for a 120 amp setup providing the wire lengths are as short as possible. Thats what I run in my Fullers FX with no issues. On my bigger hulls I go with the 8ga. But thats because the speedos and batts I'm using all have 8ga wires and theres no point in downgrading a circuit. I cant do anything about the motor wires but they are the shortest length wires anyways. I would rate the Turnigy wire an 85 on a scale of 100.

OSE carries the Nessel silicone wire in 10 ga that is definately better then the Turnigy. The only reason I buy the Turnigy from HK is because I end up putting an order together for myself and a couple locals so its a big order and I end up splitting up the items with them to save on shipping.

John

[old guy]

Thanks for the help. some esc have 4 wires for - and + can one add 2 more wires to his lipos and have 4 plugs with 4 wires ???

[BondoBrushless]

You can buy the high qaulity 10G wire direct from Castle Creations that they use on all their HV controllers and it's priced right.

Can't be purchased from the web, you must call but they'll take your order and ship Priority and charge actual shipping fees.

[sailr]

I use 10G high quality wire. I believe Steven at OSE sells it. His is call 6mm wire but it is of awesome quality...made in Germany. Can't beat it!