Thread: How do you wire a VEX motor to a 12 V battery?
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Re: How do you wire a VEX motor to a 12 V battery?
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Originally Posted by arrou.keys View Post
How do you wire a VEX Speed controller? Do you need an additional Jaguar or Spike Relay for that?What type circuit breaker would you have to use - 40, 30, or 20 amp?

I'm not planning on using a Spike Relay - I don't want more than 7.2 volts on the motor.
As Mark and squirrel said, the 2 wire VEX motor plugs into the 2 wire side of the VEX motor controller. The 3 wire side then gets plugged into a standard 3 wire spot on your digital sidecar.
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