Just want a second opinion on my wire and connectors setup. Im currently on 10 gauge and xt90 at 100a max total, i rarely feel any heat from wires/connectors. Im converting my board from 2wd to 4wd. once its 4wd, my motors, esc, and battery can go upto 400a total. Since im converting it to 4wd now i wanna make sure my wires and connectors can handle “400a” if one day i decide to do it. I know everything is in max numbers so i probably wont stay there long but just wanna make sure nothing gets too hot, preferably staying at a temp you can touch by hand. Would just doubling up on 10 gauge and xt90s starting from when my lipos parallel to each other be enough to handle this?
What ESCs are you using?
At least with VESCs if they can do 100 amps it usually means it would do 100 motor amps and not 100 amps from the battery, maybe around 60 battery amps.
More details would help, 8S rc car powertrain vs 21S VESC will greatly affect how much you will actually use. And info about the LiPos like are your power leads to the ESC already the same strength as the ones from the battery?
And did you mean you are at 100A 2wd now and will double the current per corner when you make it 4wd? Sorry it’s probably my bad I don’t quite follow.
The only tip I have rn is you can go to 8mm bullet connectors to save cost and space over XT90s inside the enclosure and they are excessively powerful and easy to solder.