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Hi All,

I'm soon going to be running a Reventon Pro ESC in my 2wd buggy.

2 questions about this;-

1) Is it always necessary to have a capacitor fitted between the +ve and -ve battery terminals?

2) Do I need to run with the fan fitted?

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Capacitor = yes.
Fan = try with out, measure the temperature regularly.

I have a rev pro with no fan in one 2wd. The other 2wd needs one as the esc is tucked away behind the motor.
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Hi Matt,

Thanks!

Any recommendations for capacitor suppliers?
The ones off E-Bay don't stay connected long.............!
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I make them, if you're interested.


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Are you saying that one of your replaces the bank of four?
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Are you saying that one of your replaces the bank of four?
single one is receiver, bank is speedo
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^^^^
What he said

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Do you make both?
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yes, 2 or 4 bank for your esc and one for your receiver
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Sorry to thread jack but I have a couple of question's , why do we need a capacitor for the reciever ? and if you fit one does it just go in the free slot on the rx ? I ask as I had an rx fail on me after a very short life and I'd never heard until now that I should fit one with a capacitor .
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The capacitor in the receiver is to help stop problems with high power servos causing brownouts or if you run GT12 or 12th circuit it's usually a 1S battery that is used so you can use a cap to stop the same type of issues.

It wouldn't help stop a receiver failure.
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Thanks
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Not will it let you run a 2s speedo on 1s
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Not will it let you run a 2s speedo on 1s

Did someone ask that Mark?
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How much for a bank of 4?
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