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<blockquote data-quote="stokke" data-source="post: 31425" data-attributes="member: 639">Went down to the LHS the other day, got myself a random servo extension.<img src="http://mariusstokke.com/rc/rc-help/random/13.12.12/P1010631.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Ripped off the female connector.<img src="http://mariusstokke.com/rc/rc-help/random/13.12.12/P1010632.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Hooked up my multimeter/voltmeter to the Rx.<img src="http://mariusstokke.com/rc/rc-help/random/13.12.12/P1010633.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />The Spektrum AR7200BX manual state to perform a stress test on the power setup. One should stir the sticks constantly for 3 minutes, while doing this the voltage should never drop under 4.8V.At this point the Rx pack was taken from a storage charged state (about 60% capacity).Got 7.67V on idle (system receives no input).<img src="http://mariusstokke.com/rc/rc-help/random/13.12.12/P1010634.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />I stirred the sticks like crazy for 3 minutes - trying to achieve as much voltage drop as possible. At it's lowest, the voltage dropped to 6.59V - around 1V drop then. So no problem with supply. The servos got hot to the touch afterwards, not so hot I burned my fingers - but hot.The battery leads also gained some temperature , but just a very mild temp.The power system was rigorously tested, the whole bird wobbled around on my desk&nbsp; LOLI say the system passed the test, but that the wires maybe could have been a slightly bigger caliber.Comments?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="stokke, post: 31425, member: 639"] Went down to the LHS the other day, got myself a random servo extension. [IMG]http://mariusstokke.com/rc/rc-help/random/13.12.12/P1010631.JPG[/IMG] Ripped off the female connector. [IMG]http://mariusstokke.com/rc/rc-help/random/13.12.12/P1010632.JPG[/IMG] Hooked up my multimeter/voltmeter to the Rx. [IMG]http://mariusstokke.com/rc/rc-help/random/13.12.12/P1010633.JPG[/IMG] The Spektrum AR7200BX manual state to perform a stress test on the power setup. One should stir the sticks constantly for 3 minutes, while doing this the voltage should never drop under 4.8V. At this point the Rx pack was taken from a storage charged state (about 60% capacity). Got 7.67V on idle (system receives no input). [IMG]http://mariusstokke.com/rc/rc-help/random/13.12.12/P1010634.JPG[/IMG] I stirred the sticks like crazy for 3 minutes - [B]trying[/B] to achieve as much voltage drop as possible. At it's lowest, the voltage dropped to 6.59V - around 1V drop then. So no problem with supply. The servos got hot to the touch afterwards, not so hot I burned my fingers - but hot. The battery leads also gained some temperature , but just a very mild temp. The power system was rigorously tested, the whole bird wobbled around on my desk LOL I say the system passed the test, but that the wires maybe could have been a slightly bigger caliber. Comments? [/QUOTE]

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