Super Rooster in LGB loco.

[Anonymous]

I have installed a model car Super Rooster ESC in my LGB 2-4-0. The ESC is rated at 12 volts. It works, but the loco is fairly slow due to the reduced voltage.

My question is, what is the maximum voltage that this ESC can handle. The manufactures ratings are usually quite conservative. I'm not worried about warranty.

[TonyWalsham]

Ahoy Capt.

Could you provide us with some details of the Super Rooster.
Who made it and where on the Net we can find the specifications?

[Anonymous]

It's made by Novak Electronics. The controller is normally used in model cars.

I have the spec sheets already. I've called the manufacturer and they, of course, will not give any info on what the percentage of design overhead is for the electronics.

Generally, if a piece of electronics is designed for say 12 volts as the normal max. then the components and the circuits will actually work up to about 16 volts. This leaves a saftey margin for operation.

What this saftey margin is, is what I'm looking for. That is not usually listed in the spec sheets.

[TonyWalsham]

Those ESC's list at US$122.
Seems like an expensive way of using low cost DP R/C to run a train.
You cannot use the voltage you want to without some sort of risk of blowing them up plus they do not have constant brightness lights that reverse with the direction the loco is going.

That aside, I can only really say you will need to experiment with the one you have. Try it at the volts you want and if it blows up you know with the next one not to go quite so high.[}:)][;)]

[Anonymous]

I'm not really worried about the cost of the ESC. The reason I'm going with the model car ESC is that I want the servo function. I'm using the servos to position a video camera. I havn't found any train specific R/C that has the ability to control a servo without alot of additional circuitry.
Constant brightness lights and reversing direction of lights, whistle and bell, are not as important to me as the video camera.

[Anonymous]

Addition to last post:
I've thought of using the servo function to also control things like dumping an ore car.

[TonyWalsham]

QUOTE: The reason I'm going with the model car ESC is that I want the servo function.

Aye Aye Cap''n

All of the EVO R/C Motor drivers I make provide the 5 volts for the R/C RX. You simply plug in as many servos as you want to use (except with the current EVO-3F) .
No special circuits needed.