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Old March 23rd, 2015, 22:19   #7
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not sure what you mean by wire it into the gun? It was done just like the diagram. Its a version 3 gearbox so all wiring is external. I use 16AWG for the motor wires and 18 for the trigger leads.
There should be 1 trigger lead, and you can use as small as 22ga wire for it. The other is a Y going battery +/motor +/trigger.

And there should be a resistor in-line with that 1 trigger lead, otherwise your MOSFET gets in triode mode and that sucks.
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