Parallel or serious wiring???

[rustlerman1]

What is the different,what one should i do for krawling???

[Sharkey]

what truck do you have??? are you running dual motors??? dual battery packs???

parallel wiring is wiring 2 things (motors or batteries) together + to +, - to -.

if your wiring dual motors

esc + to motor 1 +, esc + to motor 2 +
esc - to motor 1 -, esc - to motor 2 -

if you are talking battery packs

battery 1 + to esc +, battery 2+ to esc +
battery 1 - to esc -, battery 2 - to esc -

if you are wiring 2 motor this way, you get all the power to each motor. if you are wiring 2 battery packs together, the voltage stays the same but capacity is doubled.

now for series wiring (not serious wiring)

if your wiring 2 motors in series

esc + to motor 1 +, motor 1 - to motor 2 +, motor 2 - to esc -

now for 2 battery packs

batt 1 + to esc, batt 1 - to batt 2 +, batt 2- to esc -

if you wire 2 motors in series, the motors will have half the rpm, but more torque (i think)

if you wire 2 batteries in series, you get double the voltage, and no change in capacity.

[rustlerman1]

i have a tamiya clodbuster.well i found it out!!!i did a wire to the - to the - ,then i did the red esc wire to the + side then the - wire on esc to the + side. Is that right??? i flowed this http://www.teamnovak.com/How_to/Dual_motor/dual_mot.html

[k_sw31]

In a nut shell, series wiring provides only one path for the electricity to go. So there fore, two packs in a series will produce 14.4 volts, and two motors in a series (going from the two packs) will receive 14.4 volts each.

With parelell wiring you are providing multiple paths for the electrons to flow. So if you wire two packs in a paralell, you will have the same voltage as one pack, but I beleive the run time will add up between the two packs. So if you are wiring two motors in a parelell setup from a 14.4 volt esc, then each motor will receive 7.2 volts a peice.

[Grant Tokumi]

two packs in a series will produce 14.4 volts, and two motors in a series (going from the two packs) will receive 14.4 volts each.
Not quite right. Two packs in series do produce 14.4 volts, but 2 motors in series halfs the voltage to each motor, so each motor will see only 7.2 volts, not 14.4. Wiring the motors in parallel will give each motor 14.4 volts.

For the clod, you should wire the motors in parallel. But unless you are using an Novak EVX and 550 size motors, I would not run 14.4 volts.

[k_sw31]

Oh, thank you for the correction. Still workin on learning this stuff you know. :)

[rocknbil]

Here's pic:

http://www.radiocontrolzone.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=133206#post1083424

[Grant Tokumi]

Another resource:
http://home.attbi.com/~jhopkins31/wsb/media/87703/site1127.JPG