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Originally Posted by Japper
I am wiring up our power panel with the RC controller, spikes, and victors and have a few questions:
1. What guage wire is recommended to tie the heavy duty fuse block to the victors? These have 40 A fuses so I am guessing (10 or 12 awg?)
2. What about the fan motors on the victors? I am assuming these are12v- where do most people connect the fans to for power, (fuse panel for always on or something else)?
3. I am using 14 AWG between the fuse block and the spikes, is this the correct guage to use for this?
4. I got one small bag of quick connect push on terminal with our kit but these don't seem to be enough. Is ther ea problem with using any push on lug or do they have to be from the same mfg. that provided the ones in the kit?
5. Does anyone have a recommendation of which RC module output should control which spike or victor based upn the default code?
Thanks in advance.
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Here are my recommendations...
#10 for all motor wiring other than perhaps the Globe.
Attach the fan wires to the power input to the Victor. This way you will know if the Victor is receiving power.
Follow the wiring restrictions for wiring the Spike by what size breaker you are using.
Purchase additional push on connectors from Digikey. We use the non-insulated type since we solder all connections following crimping and then cover with heatshrink tubing.
If you take a close look at the default code, you will see that the Victor PWM outputs are mapped to certain joystick input, use the ones that are for the joystick port(s) you will use in your design, either single or dual joystick. The spike outputs are your choice except if you use the compressor which again you will have to investigate the default docs for info.