RE: Untethered Action! [TANKS]

["jon s kowitz" <jonskowitz-at-hotmail.com>]

Gratz on getting your tank running!

Amps are amps, whether it's ground side or not.  Remember that the ground 
wire has to carry all of the amperage delivered by the supply wires so plan 
accordingly.

>From: adt22-at-drexel.edu
>Reply-To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
>To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
>Subject: Untethered Action! [TANKS]
>Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 23:27:26 -0400
>
>I finally got my tank running RC'ed today thanks to Joe's MRC controller.  
>No more walking along side the tank - woohoo!
>
>A word to the wise - don't leave your v-belts on when your tank is in 
>storage they'll stretch out.  oops.
>
>A question for the wise - is it ever possible to skimp on the wire running 
>off of the negative side of the battery?  I was thinking that the amps were 
>"consumed" by the motors.  (See photo attached) Feel free to laugh at me 
>now.  My ~16 gauge wire got warm after a couple minutes of running.  So 
>I'll be beefing it up but just wanted to understand what was happening.
>
>-Amir
>