Re: Untethered Action! [TANKS]

[John De Villiers <bbj-at-plz.co.za>]

On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 05:27, adt22-at-drexel.edu wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
The current has to return to the battery to complete the circuit. Think
of it as a push/pull arrangement. If either end can push or pull the
same amount as the other, then the nett power delivered will be that of
the weaker end. 

One rule to bind them all " Energy cannot be created or destroyed,
merely converted from one form to another"

John
We are dyslexia of Borg, fusistance is retile, your ass will be
laminated.