Australian Slot Car Racers Association

A simple connection guide to making the connections, what to look out for to avoid first time problems.
NB: The tape mentioned, is a 'Polyimide' tape called "Kapton" and is easily available via eBay and other electronic suppliers.

JayCar have Kapton Tape

I fail to see the need for the tape, although I didn't listen to the audio and just skipped through the video.

I have 6 cars with Westrock ESCs, all mounted on poster mounting tape, the spongy double sided stuff. I also have 2 cars with DoSlot double sided ESCs mounted on the tape with no other insulation. All work without issues.

Quite possibly although being the stuff they wrap satellites with, it obviously Can't hurt.

There have been reports (and evidentially as well) of boards being 'blown' by certain types of Mountings / Tapes so as suggested it can't hurt.

i mounted the ESC in a plastic carrier which is a much neater way of mounting the ESC.

Nice job David. The carrier is a great idea if you need to change the ESC at times. Also with the addition of a couple of plugs it could easily be switched between cars if you don't want to be shelling out for an ESC for every brushless car in your box.

As for the tape, I've never had an ESC get hot enough to require any special protection. All plastic based tapes are insulators, the question isn't the tape but the glue on it which is what actually touches the board.

Well, ofcourse, you can use whatever you want,...
No one is forcing you or anyone else for that matter to use Kapton tape !!

As for the tape, irrespective of whether or not Heat is an issue, Kapton (Or Polyimide tape), handles Far More heat than Many (almost ALL) other tapes, is extremely Thin, (about 0.05mm or roughly 2 thou'), Lightweight, Flexible and Durable and perhaps arguably more importantly in our application, is resistant to Most Oils and Solvents and provides a 'Sturdy Bond' on itself. Plus it is 'Transparent', which allows you to See any ,necessary LED's.
Perhaps interestingly, it is also 'Self Extinguishing'. There are also specific ESD versions of Kapton, for use with sensitive Microchips and 'Clean Room' environments.

There are Many products out there, but much like 3M, DuPont kinda does have a Validated and Real World proven research and product line

As Ivan points out in the video, it not Only provides good protection from random accidental 'shorting' but also allows Easy removal of Any 'Double-Sided' Mounting Tapes.
I See NO problem whatsoever in that information being provided, (especially as advice, provided by the Manufacturer), if for no other reason than as an 'Option'.

As far as "All plastic based tapes are insulators", perhaps pedantically, not always so An interesting example below
Plastics don’t conduct electricity? Nonsense – of course they can!
The glue however, may be different but probably Not Conductive, unless specifically designed to be so.