eddywatson Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Hi guys I have a servo tester but I’m not sure how in power it… what can I do? What cables do I need to power it? I’ve got x2 3s battery’s. Is there a power plug or a usb cable etc? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkbythesea Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 If you don’t have a receiver battery pack or battery box to plug in then I reckon one of these should power it https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Receiver-Battery-Pack-Case-Box-4-x-AA-Connector-Battery-Insert-RC-Mode-nP-/393164529670?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 But have you tried Googling for the instructions,? To see what you actually need? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkbythesea Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Of course I’m being stupid - you should be able to power it off your ESC, plug the lead that normally goes into the receiver into the IN side and the servo you want to test into the OUT side - all the tester wants is the same power source that the servo would normally get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkbythesea Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Looks quite handy actually, I might get one 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shergar Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 This is my set up, it’s the same guts but without the posh alloy case! lives in a really useful box, probably owes me about £11 all in. It’s just low enough to sit in my tool chest draw. Very useful for centralising servos in situ 👍 https://www.overlander.co.uk/2-3-aaa-300mah-4-8v-square-premium-sport-nimh-battery.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkbythesea Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 8 minutes ago, Shergar said: This is my set up, it’s the same guts but without the posh alloy case! lives in a really useful box, probably owes me about £11 all in. It’s just low enough to sit in my tool chest draw. Very useful for centralising servos in situ 👍 https://www.overlander.co.uk/2-3-aaa-300mah-4-8v-square-premium-sport-nimh-battery.html Can you power it off an ESC like I posted above? I think I’m going to get one, looks really handy 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redback Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Just plug your esc into it to power the servo, direct power might be to much as lipos are 7v and most servos are only rated to 6v most esc becs put out 6v unless you get one that you can change to 7. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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