Electronize controllers

Would the 2 30amp electronizers be able to handle a 4 wheel drive featherweight using Argos drill motors at 12-15v? (so each electronize runs 2 motors)

Should be fine

I ran two Argos motors at 16.8v off two electronize's. Worked fine

My current setup is 4x 12v drills at 18v, each side (2 drills) being controlled by a 30a Electronize ESC. So far we have had no problems. Admittedly we have yet to do any hard tests, but we have felt no heat whatsoever thus far, and they have performed brilliantly considering due to a mishap or two we shorted them and once accidentally tried to charge batteries through them!

Should be fine. :)

The Electronize controllers have seriously hardy,

I run 2x 24v feather golds through 2 electronizes and have never had a problem

I've run a 150w motor at 12v for a weapon, so the motor has stalled! The current must have been quite high but the speedo was fine.
I would say they are a bit agricultural in the way they seem to buzz a lot and their speed control action seems a little harsh. but sometimes you need a tractor!!

Just read back my post, be-jesus! Must have been tired....

A tractor is a good way to describe them. They're not very featureful, and rather basic in their operation but can take a serious beating.

The 15a versions (which we use in Bitza) have a burst rating on 40a and a peak rating of 270a!

30a of continuous current is a lot! (unless its a HW) I very much doubt you'll constantly draw anything above 5a with drill motors. It's all the start, stop, stalling and pushing that will make the motor draw lots, but even then it should only be for a short period.

The main limiting factor on them is the size of the relay used and the heatsinking on the mosfet. They don't have a huge number of fancy features but then I like to keep it simple in the bot and complex at the transmitter.

Hi, my electronizers have just arrived, that is very quick delivery. Which settings do people put them on (low frequency,high frequency or variable frequency)? And what do you have to do with the speed screw thing?

I just took mine out the box and wired them up :lol:

Same! I never tweaked anything, don't seem to need to. :)

You might find the bot responds better if you play with them. Experiment and see what works

I would recommend you read the instructions on them
And then spend some time playing with them to get the best response for your robot control.

The speed adjustment for what you want you just put it at full speed and leave it there. this function is for things like trains or boats you may not want to go too fast!

Frequency control Low frequency gives better low speed grunt or pushing power, high speed better power at high speed in the middle a bit of both :mrgreen:

I use this speedo for an axe motor control so I have got it set on low frequency it seems to get things going a bit quicker the motor probably doesn't get up to full speed anyway:D

I always used them on low freq', seemed to give abit more power. With the speed setting, set it to full, then hold the drive on full throttle, whilst at full throttle slowly turn down the speed pot' until you hear the drive start to slow, then turn it back a little. This means you have better control over the speed range and dont have a dead spot at the top end.