Henglong motor and battery wire gauge

[tomhugill]

Does anyone know the wire gauge in awg?

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[jimbo_wa]

I don't, but find that 18 to 14 awg is about right for flexibility (silicone wires!) and the amps drawn by most tanks

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[tomhugill]

I should probably have just PM'd you Jim! Was the stuff you used for the battery connector wires in the 18awg?

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[43rdRecceReg]

Saw a query on another website where it gave the gauge as 18AWG (this can handle up to 83 amps). The gauge on Tamiya boxes appears to be a tad thicker.
edit: checking on Ebay for RC spares, I found this Tamiya battery connector listed as 18AWG. I also saw others at 14AWG...

18AWG Tamiya Battery Connector

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I guess it's better to err on the side of thicker wires (more turns etc) from a safety point of view.

[tomhugill]

Cheers Roy, I had 18 in my head but wanted to make sure

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[Jarlath]

Not like these tanks would ever see more than 15A continuous draw anyways...
Not like a 1/10 or 1/8 scale electric RC car (ERevo or other huge 6+ Cell driven monsters)

[jimbo_wa]

I should probably have just PM'd you Jim! Was the stuff you used for the battery connector wires in the 18awg?

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Err - it's written on the cables, but think it's 18awg...