Hello there… im building a mountainboard using the torqueboards vesc (x4) and implementing a 6374 motor at 190kv on 12s… there will be two vesc off of each length of positive and negative power wires that go to the front and rear of the board.
My power wires are undoubtfully going to be long and i have read in many places that i will need to add capacitors across the leads near the vesc to help make up for the battery cable length.
My question is… is there a rule of thumb to follow for how many capacitors to add per length of battery wire? My battery will be going through a pcb a switch or two and then battery wire then be vesc… should i be counting my diy pcb as battery wires? Im assuming so. Can i use one capacitor bsnk for the length of wire that power both vesc? Or do i need to double it since there are 2 vesc pulling power through the same wire?? My electrical experience is telling me no but i figured id ask anyway…
If i may ask while i am here as well. My 190kv motors on 12s will come close the the erpm limit… what is the actual limit? And is there a way to set the erpm limit so i do not exceed it?
“As a rule of thumb, for every 4inch/10cm extra length/distance between battery and ESC, add an 220uF extra capacitance near the controller (electrolytic condensators, voltage the same as the capacitors already installed, low ESR type)”
Ok awsome i will do that!!! Thank you guys very much i couldnt find any official details only discussion about it!! What sort of an esr rating would be considered low enough? And should i consider any of my tracing befor the power wires on my pcb as power wire length as well?
One additional question for you all… would it not be better to lengthen my motor wires?? I have read many places this is bad in foc sensored opperation and should be avoided. Especially when the wires will be about 1.5 to 2 foot longer than normal… would it not be wise to stick with the more capacitors option?
Thats fantastic!!! My batteries need to come in the mail so i can start really playing with these. I will more thssn likely be running sensored bldc!! Whats the point of foc? Other than being quiet isnt it unreliable and unefficient
Everything is already bought and here in the mail besides caps batteries and trucks… this is my fith build judt my first with vesc… its geared high so im cruising at sbout 60 to 80 percent wich is the general efficiency range of motors… the torque will be just fine with 4 sensored motors on 12s haha
So since i am running 2 esc off of the same power wires should i be adding 440uf i stead of 220uf per 4 inches? Also do i need to be tskijg current into account like they were mentioning in the post or am i fine going the 220 of 440 uf route?
@ieatflys I’ve heard people saying that when you combine 2 ESC’s you can merge the caps and be fine with the 220uF per 4 inches. But if you have the room, adding closer to 440uF won’t hurt anything and just make the system more robust. From what I understand the Esr value is more important then the uF for this application. We just want it to smooth the voltage ripples out.