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Well, that could be the issue. Most regulators do not function properly when more than 12 volts are used as the input voltage (Castle's 10A BEC is a good example of this).
Try just a straight 4 cell pack without the servos plugged into. Start plugging the servos in one at a time and see if you ever get a orange LED. If you do, then either the servo is bad or the 4 cell is not big enough for the load capacity. |
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Found this ..
BEC All Jazz speed controls up to 18 cells have a switch mode BEC included. The types for higher voltage have no BEC. The continuos current of the BEC is 1.5A, the short time current for 10sec. is 2.5V. In opposite to usual BEC-systems the capacity of the BEC is mostly independent on the input voltage. This allows the usage up to 18 cells (24V). Additionally the BEC distinguishes due to a high suppression of interference. A use of this speed controls without BEC is possible by pulling the red wire of the receiver cable out of the connector or by ripping this cable. The use of a 4 cells receiver battery pack is recommended (see safety information). The pack is connected parallel to the speed control into a free place of the receiver. Sounds like a waste of effort even trying to use the BEC..... |
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Jim, Please clarify the issue of the CC-BEC over 12 volts? It is rated to 6s and I have been using afew of them with 4s without a problem. If there is something to watch out for I would like to know what it is. Alan |
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Gidday Westereng.
I just did some reading on the Kontronik Jazz 80-6-18 esc. It has a 4A max switching regulator on board. What exactly are you trying to power, no. of servos, type etc. The docs also mention that the BEC is short circuit protected, so it may be shutting down for an instant if the current spikes, thinking it is short circuited. The manual is at: http://kontronik.com/index.php?optio...gid=30&lang=en Danny |
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This is irrelevant for the Kontronik ESC, where the BEC is a switching one. The use of a 4C low capacity (to save weight), low IR Nixx pack in parallel with the BEC sounds like a good idea. Fred |
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The CC-BEC is a switching BEC. Alan Quote:
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Where do you get less than 2A? Going by their ratings it would be 5A and from testing I did when the CC-BEC first came out it would run at 20Vdc in and 3 amps of load with little to no airflow for over 8 hours at a temp of 165 degrees F. With alittle airflow the temp dropped to 130 degrees and stayed there. I did end up getting some loads to run it up to 10 amps but never got around to testing. I wish I had an electronic load to test them with. Would be good to see how the output handles load transitions. The only thing that bothered me alittle was the output ripple on the CC-BEC. I was measuring about 5% ripple. Alan |
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Look around on the forums. This issue has been discussed for months. We did testing ourselves and the higher the input voltage, the lower amperage output UNLESS you program the output voltage to be higher than the default 5.1v. The BEC is completely unusable with our system on a 4S Lipo in the Hobby Lobby F-5 jet (5 micro servos) when using 5.1v output. Setting the output to 5.7v or higher allows enough current to drive the servos. We tried 4 different Castle BECs, all with the same results.
There is a memo about this on Castle's website, where they specifically state a reduced output current when using more than 12v of input voltage. |
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CC BEC from Castle when used with 5S Lipo
Hi Jim
So to makes things clear : OK to use the CC BEC 10A from Castle even if input voltage is more than 12 V ( 5S for me ) BUT I must select output to a minimum of 5.7 v or why not 6.5 Volt ? ( fully charged Nicad of 5 cell = 6.75Volts ) so my Hitec 65 / 82 /85 servo rated for 6 v should accept a little more voltage, If you can confirm please , I'm working on a Cessna Citation ( old Marutaka Kit long work on it ) with 2 Hacker motor B40-13l plus 2 HET Fan70 mm , 2x Kontronic ESC 55-6-18 and one 5S Lipo 3200 mah , 5 servo Hitec 65/85/82 and one retrac 75 BB, the RX is IFS XR 20 IFS ( XPS), and JR PCM 9X II radio. the CC BEC will give power to the XPS, Hope I made a good choice because I buy it yesterday ![]() the other solution is to use a second 2S Lipo of 800 mah plus a regulator of 6 Volt ( flight duration of 8/12 minute so I dont think I need much moure than 800 mah ) but it will be about 70 gram more . tks Dan Quote:
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