Can I eliminate the need for the jumper wire on the Power Bus?

[johnahamelv]

I am starting my 3rd Skookum wiring setup. I would like to know if my envisioned configuration is sound without using the jumper wire on the Power Bus.

I just checked with a multimeter, and there is electrical continuity between the BEC black output wires and between the red output wires. This leads me to conclude that the BEC output wires are connected in parallel. Assuming this to be the case, can I eliminate the need for the Power Bus jumper wire, and just connect one of the BEC output wires to the PWR-LV slot, and the other BEC output wire to the PWR-HV slot? This are the lots that the jumper wire normally connects.

In other words, go from this setup with the jumper wire.



to this setup without the jumper wire.

[BladeFartz]

YUP!

[Groucho_]

Of course you can... That's the only way I'd do it if I used a powerbus...

[thefrog]

I do something similar with my powerbus setup - each BEC output plugs into a different side of the bus. The only difference is I have bent the two + jumper pins together and soldered them so the setup is like your first picture, just without the jumper. I've done it this way for two reasons:

1) As a failover - in case one BEC lead comes loose or stops working. I don't want to lose power to half the bus.
2) To share load - the cyclics all plug into one half of the bus so 1 BEC cable may not be able to supply the required current.

[SimStream]

Originally Posted by thefrog

I do something similar with my powerbus setup - each BEC output plugs into a different side of the bus. The only difference is I have bent the two + jumper pins together and soldered them so the setup is like your first picture, just without the jumper. I've done it this way for two reasons:

1) As a failover - in case one BEC lead comes loose or stops working. I don't want to lose power to half the bus.
2) To share load - the cyclics all plug into one half of the bus so 1 BEC cable may not be able to supply the required current.

+1 bend and solder

[johnahamelv]

I have been reading that the BEC output servo type connectors can only supply up to 5A per connector. Considering that the electrical current limiting factors are the BEC output servo connectors, not the BEC output wires themselves, would it be more prudent to just cut off the BEC output servo connectors, and just solder the BEC output wires directly to the SK-Power Bus red and black wires? Would this give the advantage of higher electrical current supply to the SK-Power Bus?

[georgi UK]

=] 3 amp sometimes! yes this is what I would do, bec supply direct to bus wires....