Specifications

Which brand?
The most common and simple to install model is the Novak smartstop, in 2s, 3s and 4s flavour.
Another good one is the True Rc ‘2s car lipo deep discharge protector’ that works in a similar way.
A search of the airplane and heli websites will no doubt turn up other options, but you must be
careful with some of them as they are not designed for vehicles that have a reverse throttle
setting; this is very true of the Dimension Engineering LVCs.
How do I connect it up?
Very simple usually. The LVC itself plugs in between the esc and rx throttle channel, and then
there is normal a + and – wire that goes to the power input wires of the esc (battery leads). This
is where you have a couple options:
1) if you are using a dual battery input esc, then use a 2s LVC and wire it as I described earlier.
2) if you are using a single battery input esc, then wire the LVC to the the esc side of the battery
plugs/connectors.
Some LVCs will use a balance connector rather than the + and – wires, so this plugs into the
lipo’s balance connector to monitor the total voltage or individual cell voltages; its manual will be
more specifc and include its own wiring diagrams.
Below are a few possible LVC setups using various escs & battery configurations (note that the
hvmaxx and evx type escs are wired the same for battery inputs, so what works for one also
works for the other):