Re: speed controllers [TANKS]

[Gary Warren <gdubb2-at-cableone.net>]

Aahz..

Take a hard look at the Victor 885's, They can take 120 Amps 
continuous, where the 883 is only rated at 60A. I use them in my 
combat bot, and have never smoked one. I am using 2 per motor on 
Magmotor S28-150's which pull almost 400A at stall. They are a little 
more money than the 883, but worth it in my book. I have been using 
the Victor speed controllers in all my bots since 2001, and have had 
very good luck with them. I have had a few problems, but they were 
mostly self inflicted.

Gary

At 03:36 PM 7/12/2007, you wrote:

>    All this talk of Speed Controller failure has me a bit worried, 
> my motors can pull near 200 amps at stall and run at 24v. I had 
> originally thought to use two Victor 883's but now I'm not so sure. 
> I'm certain dropping 800.00 on a Vantec would do it but that's a 
> serious chunk of change.
>
>Aahz.