“Throttle-Tech” Users Manual
Copyright 2013 Tech-Aero Designs LLC
www.tech-aero.net
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Making the LiPo Tap to ESC Battery Connections
Please be certain to understand the following precautions when connecting to the ESC battery
leads:
Under no circumstance can the larger microcontroller board be directly connected to the
ESC battery leads. Doing so will permanently damage the microcontroller
. An appropriately
rated Tech-Aero Designs LiPo tap board must be used to connect to the ESC battery pack. For
example, when using a 5S LiPo battery pack, then a 5S LiPo Tap must be used. If using a 10S
pack, then a 10S LiPo Tap board is required, and so forth.
Using an incorrect LiPo Tap board
will result in the Throttle-Tech system not working correctly, and could possibly damage the
system if the LiPo Tap board is rated for fewer cells than the battery it is connected to.
Please refer to the four photo illustrations that follow, figures 1 through 4, which show the proper
connections to make from the LiPo Tap board to the ESC battery leads. The rule is, the brown or
black lead from the LiPo Tap gets soldered to the ESC’s battery black (-) lead, and the red lead
from LiPo Tap gets soldered to the ESC’s battery red (+) lead.
Figure 1
Slip the negative (black or brown) ESC
and LiPo Tap leads through the heat
shrink tubing that will cover the solder
joint to the ESC battery connector.
