Pre-Cool your electrics before runs.

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  • rearwheelin
    Fast Electric Addict!
    • Oct 2008
    • 1941

    #1

    Pre-Cool your electrics before runs.

    Hear is how I pre cool my boat before I run it in hot set up. Put some ice water in a weed sprayer and circulate a gallon threw your system, also is a great way to flush salt water away and undesirable water. It is a great way to cool everything off after a run and if you have multiple packs you can run sooner .
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  • Havasufun
    Junior Member
    • Apr 2011
    • 17

    #2
    "Cool" thinking, thanks. Havasu water gets pretty warm in the summer.

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    • jac4412
      FE Addict
      • Jun 2010
      • 425

      #3
      I'm not sure how advisable it is to run water close to 0 degrees through a system prior to a run... or even after it for that matter. Electronics always work most efficient under warm or even hot conditions, I'm sure rapid cooling and heating might not be the best thing to do on an ESC.
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      • Jeff Wohlt
        Fast Electric Addict!
        • Jan 2008
        • 2716

        #4
        Guess you never saw the performance gain from cooling brushed motors prior to running. Can't say about BL motors but cooling and not freezing them is not bad.

        What I would watch is something being real warm and then hitting it with cold water which = condensation.
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        • jac4412
          FE Addict
          • Jun 2010
          • 425

          #5
          Haha never said anything about the motors Jeff... Worried about the ESC. If the heating and cooling wasnt rapid it would be fine but youre getting a cold system suddenly being run hot... that's a big change for those electronics. Especially for an ESC which we know can be extremely sensitive under certain conditions.
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          • hyrulejedi86
            Senior Member
            • Aug 2009
            • 494

            #6
            I actually use a fuel pump ment for Gassers to pump lakewater throught the system while sitting on the shore/dock to continue to cool the electronics for the next run.

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            • HOTWATER
              Fast Electric Addict!
              • Nov 2008
              • 2323

              #7
              Originally posted by Jeff Wohlt
              Guess you never saw the performance gain from cooling brushed motors prior to running. Can't say about BL motors but cooling and not freezing them is not bad.

              What I would watch is something being real warm and then hitting it with cold water which = condensation.

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              • Boaterguy
                Fast Electric Addict!
                • Apr 2011
                • 1760

                #8
                Originally posted by hyrulejedi86
                I actually use a fuel pump ment for Gassers to pump lakewater throught the system while sitting on the shore/dock to continue to cool the electronics for the next run.
                The only ones I've seen use the exhaust to power it, is yours electric?

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                • JimClark
                  Fast Electric Addict!
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 5907

                  #9
                  a car window washer pump might work also
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                  • Fluid
                    Fast and Furious
                    • Apr 2007
                    • 8012

                    #10
                    I actually use a fuel pump ment for Gassers to pump lakewater throught the system while sitting on the shore/dock to continue to cool the electronics for the next run.
                    Hahahaha! Good one for this summer (I know the post was made in April). Our lake water is 90*F+ on the surface It doesn't "cool" much of anything....

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                    • Darin Jordan
                      Fast Electric Addict!
                      • Apr 2007
                      • 8335

                      #11
                      Mark Beatty, with Classic Thunder, used an electric IV pump and a small radiator in one of his new 1/10th scales to build a fully closed cooling system. The radiator is recessed into the center of the tunnel. I think he turns the pump on with the third channel.

                      Haven't heard how it works, but it sure looked like it should...
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                      • Boaterguy
                        Fast Electric Addict!
                        • Apr 2011
                        • 1760

                        #12
                        Originally posted by JimClark
                        a car window washer pump might work also
                        my car junyard says they don't just pull out of cars, although I know multiple people who do it

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                        • 1truckerdan
                          Senior Member
                          • Aug 2011
                          • 329

                          #13
                          Most windshield washer pumps are on the plastic fluid tank.
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                          • Boaterguy
                            Fast Electric Addict!
                            • Apr 2011
                            • 1760

                            #14
                            I'll try to get a pic and show the guy

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                            • JimClark
                              Fast Electric Addict!
                              • Apr 2007
                              • 5907

                              #15
                              You used to be able to just buy the pumps from the auto parts store
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