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WIRING DUAL-MOTORS IN SERIES

This method of wiring gives you higher torque and longer run times.

WIRING FOR REVERSIBLE SPEED CONTROLS

  1. YELLOW wire from speed control goes to the positive tab on the first motor.
  2. An extra piece of speed control wire then goes from the negative tab on the first motor to the positive tab on the second motor.
  3. BLUE wire from the speed control goes to the negative tab on the second motor.

WIRING FOR FORWARD-ONLY SPEED CONTROLS

  1. RED wire from speed control goes to the positive tab on the first motor.
  2. An extra piece of speed control wire then goes from the negative tab on the first motor to the positive tab on the second motor.
  3. BLUE wire from the speed control goes to the negative tab on the second motor.

Daul Motor Series Setup Photo

SERIES DUAL-MOTOR RECOMMENDATIONS

Special motors are available that are designed to be run together. These motors will give optimum performance and will also minimize the wear on your drive train.

Motors in series put the same load on the speed control as the total number of turns in both motors. For this set-up you can use motors with as few as 8 turns and the speed control will think its driving a 16 turn motor. You will get the speed and run times of a 16 turn motor with twice as much torque that is needed for heavier models.

 

WIRING DUAL-MOTORS IN PARALLEL

This method of wiring gives you faster speeds but shorter run times.

WIRING FOR REVERSIBLE SPEED CONTROLS

  1. YELLOW wire from speed control goes to the positive tab on the first motor.
  2. YELLOW wire then goes from the positive tab on the first motor to the positive tab on the second motor.
  3. BLUE wire from the speed control goes to the negative tab on the first motor.
  4. BLUE wire then goes from the negative tab on the first motor to the negative tab on the second motor.

WIRING FOR FORWARD-ONLY SPEED CONTROLS

  1. RED wire from speed control goes to the positive tab on the first motor.
  2. RED wire then goes from the positive tab on the first motor to the positive tab on the second motor.
  3. BLUE wire from the speed control goes to the negative tab on the first motor.
  4. BLUE wire then goes from the negative tab on the first motor to the negative tab on the second motor.

Daul Motor Parallel setup

PARALLEL DUAL-MOTOR RECOMMENDATIONS

As with the series set-up, the motors that are designed for running in dual configurations will give you optimum performance and will minimize drive train wear.

Motors in parallel double the load on the speed control. For this reason you should not run motors with fewer turns than are available in a single motor. For example, if the lowest number of turns you can get is an 8 turn motor, each of your dual motors should be 15 or 16 turns.