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Old 01-10-2010, 11:09 PM   #1
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Exclamation ESC melted!!!

I have a Electric Rustler with the xl-5 ESC (non waterproof) today i went out and purchased a new 7 Cell Venom 4200 8.4 volt for the rustler.

when i got home i fully charged the battery, when i went to plug it into the ESC the ESC imediatley started to smoke prefusley!!!! with crackling sounds!!!. i never even got to turn the ESC on?

the ESC is now fried!..

Any ideas on how and why it did this?

the truck was 100% dry and it was the first run of the day...i have run my buddies 7 cell traxxas 3000 in the rustler and it ran fine?>!?!?!
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Old 01-10-2010, 11:22 PM   #2
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Was the polarity correct? At least you can send it in to Traxxas fairly easily.
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Old 01-10-2010, 11:31 PM   #3
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ya i didn't mess around with the factory wiring at all...

the rustler is about 2 years old tho...only ran it maybe 15 times...im going to call traxxas tomorrow but i wanted to see if any one had any ideas
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Old 01-10-2010, 11:48 PM   #4
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hhhhhmmmm mine did that a while back but it was when i had to many differnt connectors on it at once
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Old 01-11-2010, 09:42 AM   #5
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just talked to traxxas..

they told me they will return it with the "power up" program

velineon here i come
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