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RC Equipments => Tools, Materials and Building Techniques => Topic started by: coderbanna on June 02, 2012, 09:58:25 PM

Title: battery wire extension making suggestion
Post by: coderbanna on June 02, 2012, 09:58:25 PM
hi,

i need a battery wire extension for the pusher plane i am making, for that i need to mount battery very far from ESC, so i am thinking to connect the XT-60 connectors with wires, now question is:

do i really need such speciallized wires as:

http://www.aeroworks.co.in/Battery_wires_4813.html

or i can use some other common wires.

Title: Re: battery wire extension making suggestion
Post by: alokhovercraft on June 02, 2012, 10:29:52 PM
A heavy duty house wiring cable also works but it is very heavy and rigid as compared to the special battery wires you saw on aeroworks. I had used it on my hoverboy IV to combine two lipo packs in parallel.
Title: Re: battery wire extension making suggestion
Post by: coderbanna on June 02, 2012, 10:53:49 PM
so its better to go with those wires?
Title: Re: battery wire extension making suggestion
Post by: manojswizera on June 03, 2012, 08:20:09 AM
Which battery are u using ?
Title: Re: battery wire extension making suggestion
Post by: coderbanna on June 03, 2012, 11:50:33 AM
zippy 1000 mah 3S 30C
Title: Re: battery wire extension making suggestion
Post by: alokhovercraft on June 03, 2012, 03:03:05 PM
in those crafts where weight is not critical you can use house wiring cable else the special silicon battery wire. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: battery wire extension making suggestion
Post by: ravi18 on June 03, 2012, 04:02:00 PM
you can use Finolex auto wire of 1M or 1.5M, easily available at local electric shop....
Title: Re: battery wire extension making suggestion
Post by: sushil_anand on June 03, 2012, 05:10:08 PM
I presume you mean 1 or 1.5 mm. I would opt for at least 2.0 or even 2.5 mm depending on the length of the extension. Do note that the size refers to the actual wire and NOT the OD!
Title: Re: battery wire extension making suggestion
Post by: alokhovercraft on June 03, 2012, 06:33:27 PM
rightly said Mr. Sushil :thumbsup: