Carson 3 Axle Tipper Trailer

[paul1980]

Hi,

Im looking to to buy the Carson 3 Axle Tipper Trailer for a Tamiya truck. But once i fit the motor for the tipping mechanism how do i power it? Do i need another esc or is there somthing else i need?

Every ESC ive ever used before needs its own battery plugged onto it and wont just draw power though the receiver. What should i be using?

Thanks

[fuzzy]

i tied two esc (wired redto red black to black) into one plug. used one battery

[paul1980]

Thanks Fuzzy,

i did wonder if that would work. Simple!

[Izzy]

great question! a furhter note for - if your doing a dump trailer, some put the esc in the trailer with the battery and just run a servo lead and others put the wcs in the truck and run motor wires to the trailer.....

[fuzzy]

izzy i ran mine from the truck used old cb radios used out side speaker jacks male and female plugs. had lots of wire on male in.

[Brel]

I used the support leg function on the Tamiya MFU to control my carson tipper using a seperate battery and ESC they are connected to the MFU via a 3mm headphone jack and socket with the red wire removed to stop any cross interferance between the ESC and MFU because the ESC I used has a BEC circuit and that was not needed to run the Tipper motor
I also built the trailer as a two axle one because it is a real pig to reverse because the wheel base is too short,
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee277/brelewart/Mercedes%20Benz%201838LS/GEDC0008.jpg
the red shrink wraped item is the ESC and the large coil of wire is for the the trailer lights
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee277/brelewart/Mercedes%20Benz%201838LS/GEDC0006-1.jpg
this shot shows the trailers connections to the tractor unit, just the black and white wires are needed to run the ESC
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee277/brelewart/Mercedes%20Benz%201838LS/GEDC0007-1.jpg

[paul1980]

Thanks for the info and pics.

So if i just run the black and white wires from the ESC to the receiver that will be ok? They just deal with the signal? And the trailer can have its own battery pack that way and it wont be sending any power to the receiver.

I dont want to blow anything so just want to check and make sure.

[fuzzy]

paul you should maybe ask about on-off swith on trailer.

[fuzzy]

paul, i would ask about a on-off swith in the trailer.

[fuzzy]

i think an on-off swith in trailer

[Brel]

i think an on-off swith in trailer

I forgot to mention that I had fitted an on/off switch to the positive wire between the battery and ESC, you can see it by the left hand support leg in this picture
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee277/brelewart/Mercedes%20Benz%201838LS/GEDC0006-1.jpg

[fuzzy]

sorry about my 2 post. pc was acting up a little.