Water Proofing Electronics

[MacksSuperComp]

Just started this hobby alot to learn but great but thank goodness for the forums

[Smile]

Guys, can I use corrosionx to waterproof the ESC switch? This is because my chassis has a sealed battery door, and therefore I would greatly prefer to keep the switch even in wet weather conditions.

[mjderstine]

Originally Posted by Smile

Guys, can I use corrosionx to waterproof the ESC switch? This is because my chassis has a sealed battery door, and therefore I would greatly prefer to keep the switch even in wet weather conditions.

You can. Or you could wore on a water proof switch. They are available for boats and things.

[idaho]

What if anything needs to be done on the sensor wire ports when waterproofing sensored brushless? Seal it with silicone or use CorrosionX?

[Jph1981]

Has anyone tried never wet ?

[Jimbow]

Conformal coating is hands down the best method.


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[Mnster]

There is several types of conformal coating on Amazon.com. I've heard the silicone is the easiest to work with. It should waterproof everything with a chip. However, my Mamba max with a usb side plug I gave up on and just traded it for a sw3.

[GLwagon]

I've totally lost faith in liquid electrical tape / plastidip.
I had a Sidewinder v2 go up in smoke & a friend lost a MMpro within a few weeks.

Conformal Coating may be toxic & $15 for 2oz, but it is the industry standard.

I'll spend the extra in the future & not skimp on waterproofing.

I also use liberal amounts of Dielectric Grease on all connections.

[mike wagner]

hey has anyone tried flex seal I was thinking of coating my hi tec 645 servo with it.

[GLwagon]

Flex-seal is just like spray Plasti-dip... it is a non-permanent exterior coating that works to a certain point.
Liquid Electrical Tape is the small jar form, & big can plastidip is an old faithful.
Just remember that if there is no internal o-ring on the nose of the servo water can still seep in by the horn.
A dip on the whole servo & then trim for the ears & output shaft would work, but you'd need to figure out an oring + grease on the horn side to truly finish it off.

[Noll11]

Originally Posted by GLwagon

I've totally lost faith in liquid electrical tape / plastidip.
I had a Sidewinder v2 go up in smoke & a friend lost a MMpro within a few weeks.

Conformal Coating may be toxic & $15 for 2oz, but it is the industry standard.

I'll spend the extra in the future & not skimp on waterproofing.

I also use liberal amounts of Dielectric Grease on all connections.

Agreed, Conformal Coating all the way.

[mike wagner]

thanks GL my buddy used plastic dip on his receiver and it only worked for a while.

[scalemadness]

I coated the board of a tekin fxr with nonshrinking two part epoxy a year and a half ago its in my daughters scx10 been wet alot including a few accidental submersion in the creek and its still running strong everybody has their own method and opinions but this time I just bought an cc sv3 factory waterproofed so one last worry with my tf2

[fabian.f.federico]

has anyone tryed this as a water proofing product?
Rust-Oleum® NeverWet® Liquid Repelling Treatment

[badhoopty]

Originally Posted by fabian.f.federico

has anyone tryed this as a water proofing product?
Rust-Oleum® NeverWet® Liquid Repelling Treatment

instead of asking the question in multiple places, try using the search button.

[Radray]

Waterproofing Tip From The Axial Blog
Axial Racing - Waterproof Your Receiver

[billy bones]

Originally Posted by fabian.f.federico

has anyone tryed this as a water proofing product?
Rust-Oleum® NeverWet® Liquid Repelling Treatment

I bought two boxes of the stuff, home depot had it on sale for $10 but haven't tried it yet.
This MG conformal coating is awesome, I think its all I'll be using from now on.

Waterproofing Tip From The Axial Blog
Axial Racing - Waterproof Your Receiver

This might be fine for your receiver but It seems like your esc would get warm.

[Poprivet]

Never wet!

I have used it just out of curiosity. It was amazing... for five mintes, but it wears off fast. As soon as anything touches it it stops shedding water.
I would not use it!

I am a firm believer in conformal coating on the circuit boards, and corrosionx on all the connections like servo plugs and sensor wire plugs, and switches.

[MaFoDes]

What surprises me (or i missed it completely) is the use of a waterproof ESC. I use (cheap ass) Hobbywing ESC's on al of my rigs. The G6 even had to spend some time in the salty water of the sea so i could take some pictures and small waves submerged the car every now and then.
The receiverbox i fillec with a layer of plastidip. Dipped the receiver in plastidip. Put the receiver is in a balloon. Did put it in the receiverbox. Poored on more plastidip. Covered it totally. Did put a piece of old foam (after plastidipping it) in the small gap where the wires enter the box. Been driving like this for almost 2 years now. I submerge my cars on a regular basis (because i like doing that) and never had an issue.
As for the battery....
I also believed the stories about lipo's and water. But decided to put it to the test on video. I drove my car into a creek and did let it stay there for half an hour (there was a big clock in the frame for the viewers to check that i did not cheat). After half an hour i drove it out of the creek like nothing had happened....

[rkerk]

Originally Posted by MaFoDes

What surprises me (or i missed it completely) is the use of a waterproof ESC. I use (cheap ass) Hobbywing ESC's on al of my rigs. The G6 even had to spend some time in the salty water of the sea so i could take some pictures and small waves submerged the car every now and then.
The receiverbox i fillec with a layer of plastidip. Dipped the receiver in plastidip. Put the receiver is in a balloon. Did put it in the receiverbox. Poored on more plastidip. Covered it totally. Did put a piece of old foam (after plastidipping it) in the small gap where the wires enter the box. Been driving like this for almost 2 years now. I submerge my cars on a regular basis (because i like doing that) and never had an issue.
As for the battery....
I also believed the stories about lipo's and water. But decided to put it to the test on video. I drove my car into a creek and did let it stay there for half an hour (there was a big clock in the frame for the viewers to check that i did not cheat). After half an hour i drove it out of the creek like nothing had happened....

Is thie video on youtube? Please share it.