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02-07-2008, 07:55 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: The Granite state
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Well i screwed up , i was straightening my wires out to make them look beter and wire tieing them and i accidently snipped the red wire going to the switch. The battery was not plugged in . Ive been playing with electrics quite a while and had a perfect track record , ive never fried or ruined anything, i'm always real careful. I put the wire back together and light comes on but it will not program so no power to the wheels and no steering also . Any ideas?? Should i just ship it back to Novak?? I also tried a different reciever and checked all my other wires. Thanks Herb |
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02-07-2008, 08:01 PM
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Is it your on/off switch or your receiver harness.  |
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02-07-2008, 08:09 PM
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The on off switch.
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02-07-2008, 08:12 PM
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Where did you cut it at. Like in the middle or more towards the end. Can you just re-solder the switch |
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02-07-2008, 08:17 PM
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i cut it about a 1" or so from where it is soldered on to the esc and i did resolder it and no workie . when i turn it on the red light comes on , it will not program and no motor power and no steering. Its completly dead other than the red light on the esc.
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02-07-2008, 08:20 PM
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Did you at any time disconnect the receiver harness when it happen or when you went to re-solder it
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02-07-2008, 08:22 PM
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i've disconnected everything when i fixed and the battery wasnt even plugged in when i snipped it to begin with. i even tried another reciever.
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02-07-2008, 08:25 PM
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Herb, check your receiver harness and make sure that on the esc the white wire is to the outside of the esc.
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02-07-2008, 08:30 PM
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i did that to , it has the configuration right on the side of the speed control. Ive been looking this thing over for a good 30 minutes and i see nothing wrong .My guess is its done. What really gets me is the battery was unplugged and i only snipped one wire , it wasn't like i snipped a bunch at once .
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02-07-2008, 08:33 PM
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So the white wire is to the outside of the esc. |
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02-07-2008, 08:35 PM
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yup sure is
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02-07-2008, 08:39 PM
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Herb it don't make no sense, just cutting the wire for your on/off switch. There is no signal wire.  |
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02-07-2008, 08:44 PM
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I know thats why i posted this , it doesn't make sense , i'm tempted to cut the black wire to and wire it to the red one and eliminate the switch to see if that fixes it , but if i'm gonna send it back i probably dont want to be hacking it up .
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02-07-2008, 08:58 PM
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Well looks like your best bet is to send it back to novak. Dude I'm sorry to here that It really sucks. Darren :-(
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02-07-2008, 09:02 PM
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Is it pluged into the 2nd hole and not the 1st with the servo in the batt. slot?
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02-07-2008, 10:12 PM
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ok now i feel stupid , i took the esc wire that goes to the reciever completly off to inspect it good, Novak has them things twisted up pretty good , come to find out the black wire had broke off near the plug. I could't see that with the way it was twisted from the factory. i must have broke it when i was tucking the wires trying to make them neat. I had a spare harness ,plugged it in and bingo, took a program and works fine . Thanks for the suggestions. I,m glad it was something simple i overlooked.
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02-07-2008, 10:27 PM
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Herb, I had a feeling that it was something to do with the receiver harness. Mine did the same thing when I had it backwards on the esc.  |
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02-08-2008, 01:50 PM
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It was very hard to see the way the wire is twisted , i was ready to go out and buy a mamba max. lol
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