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Old 31-01-2009
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Please can someone help me before I jump off the Severn Bridge? I have a losi excelorin 6.5, in a xxx 2wd, and have just bought a savox servo. Now it's not FET so should be ok. My friend has the same car/brushless and servo combo and it works fine. Only difference is mine is the 20kg torque servo, and he runs the 12kg torque servo. The problem is once the new servo fitted the speedo randomly cuts out. Its running 4600 nimh, and is on factory setting. I have v2 software. I have changed receiver/tranny/crystals, and it makes no difference. As soon as I put the old crappy servo back in, problem goes away. I am thinking maybe it's because the servo is drawing too much power? Has anyone got any ideas?

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I am thinking maybe it's because the servo is drawing too much power? Has anyone got any ideas?

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You are right. BEC is too weak for such a huge servo.
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Would a power cap in the reciever help?
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Sorry if I sound a bit dense but what is BEC? I haven't tried a cap yet, would that help?

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BEC = battery eliminator circuit ie, on 1/10th cars the power for the servo/receiver comes from the main battery and eliminates the need for a separate receiver pack. Such a high torque servo would normally be used in a 1/8th nitro car I'm guessing and they of course have a dedicated receiver battery pack to run the servo as they don't have a battery for the motor (unless you have a new fangled electric 1/8th of course).
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Would a power cap in the reciever help?
Dunno if that'd help as I'd guess a high current draw from the servo would override it fairly quickly but it might. Will the shop exchange the servo for a 12kg one, that would seem to be the simplest solution.
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Or to by external bec http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s...oise_Reduction
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Blimey Lloyd, I can't believe your luck. The 12kg Savox I've got is great. Definitely try to swap yours for the 12 kg version if you can.
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