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Henglong motor and battery wire gauge
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 8:45 am
by tomhugill
Does anyone know the wire gauge in awg?
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Re: Henglong motor and battery wire gauge
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 9:27 am
by 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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Re: Henglong motor and battery wire gauge
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 9:29 am
by 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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Re: Henglong motor and battery wire gauge
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 10:05 am
by 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
- Tamiya battery connector.jpg (60.33 KiB) Viewed 1023 times
I guess it's better to err on the side of thicker wires (more turns etc) from a safety point of view.
Re: Henglong motor and battery wire gauge
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 10:23 am
by tomhugill
Cheers Roy, I had 18 in my head but wanted to make sure
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Re: Henglong motor and battery wire gauge
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 2:09 pm
by 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)
Re: Henglong motor and battery wire gauge
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 5:56 pm
by jimbo_wa
tomhugill wrote: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...
