Two brushless outrunners parallell on one ESC

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Kale
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Two brushless outrunners parallell on one ESC

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I want to use two up/down thrusters. Can I connect them together assuming the ESC can deliver the current needed.

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olegodo
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Re: Two brushless outrunners parallell on one ESC

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I have investigated this myself, but found out that it was a bad idea and would most probably not work or ruin your ESC.
Running two ESC's of the same signal should work though.
Please someone correct med if i'm wrong.
Kale
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Re: Two brushless outrunners parallell on one ESC

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Ok, better safe than sorry. I will use two ESC.

Thanks!

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TigerShark
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Re: Two brushless outrunners parallell on one ESC

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If you angle the two thrusters a bit you can run them opposite directions of each other to get lateral movement (crabbing) of the ROV which will make the use of another ESC more appealing.
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