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10-23-2011, 10:31 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: poteau
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ok, i'm new and stupid! i added a CC bec to my wraith. wired it exactly like the instructions said. when i hook up the battery, the lights come on and i have power to the servo, NO power to esc/motor. when i turn the esc power switch on, everything works as normal. i'm running a spektrum reciever that came with my dx3c. i have the bec plugged into the AUX port on the reciever. is this normal, or do i have a wire crossed somewhere? i've looked over the wires several times and they seem right.
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10-23-2011, 11:01 AM
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| Master Rocksmith...   Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Salina
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did you remove the red wire from the ESC plug that goes to channel 2 on your receiver(see below)? and also, i use the bind/battery port for my bec's usually cause my aux. is controlling a winch or something. hope this helps...   |
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10-23-2011, 11:48 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Wichita Falls
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also make sure that the plug is not backwards into the rx, i did that on accident and had similar results.. had power to lights but nothing else would work.
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10-23-2011, 03:54 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: poteau
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yes i removed th red wire/pin from the esc to the reciever. everything works as it should, just the lights work and the steering servo works WITH the power switch set to OFF. once i turn the power switch to ON the motor and esc work as normal. i'll try swapping the plugs around. move the lights to the AUX port, and the bec to the BIND port. |
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10-23-2011, 05:05 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: the first state
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thats what mine did. the switch goes to the esc, and now with the bec your not using the esc to power the reciver box. you can add another switch or run the esc and bec switch in a series thru the existing switch. |
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10-23-2011, 06:42 PM
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| 20K Club   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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That's normal. The power for the BEC doesn't go through any switch. You MUST unplug your battery.
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10-23-2011, 06:52 PM
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10-23-2011, 07:01 PM
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10-23-2011, 07:31 PM
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| cherry bomb   Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada
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switches are for noobs, i've seen races lost cause of switches failing, people need to remove them ASAP in my opinion, i'm tired if hearing "IT'S THE POWER SWITCH" when somones car dies, do something about it, its not the marshals duty to wiggle your switch till your car fires back up /rant (unless you have no choice traxxas VXL for example) | |
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11-09-2012, 12:49 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Bloomington
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| Re: external bec?
can i splice the power and ground directly into the servo and leave the signal pluged into the reciver
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11-09-2012, 04:34 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Spalding, Lincs, UK
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I use a Y lead to power my servo from my BEC, with the red wire from the plug on this into the RX pulled. The ESC still powers the RX and everything else. I always unplug every time. |
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11-09-2012, 10:40 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: CANADA
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Only thing I would use a switch for is the lights!  |
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