Protect Yourself from ESC Voltage Spikes: Testing Capacitors and TVS Diodes @ChrisRosser
Protect Yourself from ESC Voltage Spikes: Testing Capacitors and TVS Diodes  @ChrisRosser
Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Raw data for all of my testing: patreon.com/chris_rosser (including the slides from this video in PDF format)

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Timestamps:
0:00 ESC Voltage Spike!
0:48 Intro
1:44 Test Equipment
3:22 Capacitors and TVS Diodes
3:51 Live Data Collection!
7:32 Test Results
7:47 4S Battery Voltage
12:12 PDF slides on Patreon!
12:36 6S Battery Voltage
14:13 470uF Low ESR Capacitor
17:33 Capacitor with Long Legs
19:53 1000uF Capacitor
20:48 TVS Diodes Explainer
23:43 TVD Diode Results
27:15 Conclusions and recommendations
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