01-19-2011, 02:13 PM | #81 | |
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01-19-2011, 02:24 PM | #82 | |||
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I am surprised many of us are having issues especially since we now run on Lipo. Quote:
Does any body run Dual Servos with Dual independant CC BEC's and not have problems ? maybe that is the answer | |||
01-19-2011, 03:13 PM | #83 | |
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01-19-2011, 03:43 PM | #84 | |
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Same here but its nothing against CC. | |
01-19-2011, 03:49 PM | #85 |
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01-19-2011, 05:01 PM | #86 | |
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That would be a really good buy if I could run "BOTH" servo's off of it. Hmmmm??? As far as the wiring issue goes, I'm not in any big hurry to just switch because of one tech's opinion since it's been running that way for 2yrs. | |
01-19-2011, 05:30 PM | #87 |
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| agreed. My truck ran just fine sunday and again today with it wired the same way Ive been doing it for at least 2 years.
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01-19-2011, 09:01 PM | #88 |
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Well, the new wiring idea didn't work for me. I hooked up the ground wire from the BEC back to the receiver per the wiring diagram from above. It seemed to work fine for about 3 minutes, then BAM, no BEC. Something is definitely funky with this situation. I put my spare back in and went back to my original way of hooking everything up, which is pulling the red wire from the ESC and powering everything off my BEC. So far so good, but I really don't know. I am calling Castle in the morning to see if I can exchange my two bad 10A BEC's for one of their 20A ones. I just don't understand this. As a side note to all this trouble, my truck is running smoother than it has in a while, which it should, because I have been through every single thing on it in the last week. |
01-20-2011, 10:55 AM | #89 | |
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I believe if youre powering everything through the rx with the BEC, you should be removing the signal wire from the BEC and the power wire (red) from the ESC. Their wiring instructions were for powering the "servo only" | |
01-20-2011, 11:46 AM | #90 | |
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The signal wire on the BEC does nothing, its only used for programming. | |
01-20-2011, 12:20 PM | #91 | |
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02-20-2011, 09:50 AM | #92 |
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Tragic update: I just burned up the NEW REPLACEMENT BEC, and missed Sat's comp with "my" rig. No white spot or smoke from this one, is just stopped working. No light no nothing. Only had around 1/2hr's testing on my new rig when the ESC went poo, checking things out when I got home and then the servo just went away. BEC is powered strait off the battery wires before the esc. Called up Castle again and explained my replacement (that I got on Jan. 20) lasted 1/2hr. Explained I was using a 7980 servo and questioned the compatibility with it. Was told they are going to get a 7980 servo and see what happens when they put it to the test. I'm wondering if I need to set the voltage at 8.4 instead of 7.4 since the servo can pull quite a bit more than the CC BEC will allow. My other option is going back to a 7950 servo, I honestly don't see a difference in performance from the 2 accept the 7950 is faster. Hopefully we'll see some #'s on the 7980's performance with different settings. It would be good to have a recommended or statistical sheet on voltage settings per servo ratings. |
02-20-2011, 10:04 AM | #93 |
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That sucks. My OG BEC is still running strong in my losi. I really think it's bad components on Castle's part. My BEC that stopped working never let out any smoke or anything either. I wasnt even on the rocks... I was doing an initial "test" run across the living room floor and it crapped out, so mine wasnt due to an amp draw issue either.
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02-20-2011, 03:02 PM | #94 |
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think i'm going to have to talk to castle as well on mine. got it in the middle of December, wired per the included sheet. truck glitched a bit, tried a receiver pack on my rtr losi rx, did the same thing, ok the rx torched. replaced with a dx3e, worked perfect for a bit and now its shot again. just tried the updated wiring method and red-red black-black, and again nothing, truck sits and jitters. un-plug the castle and re-attach the esc bec and truck works perfect. its a little frustrating, but its the middle of winter and can't run. hopefully they get this figured out
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02-23-2011, 08:59 PM | #95 | |
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In the last month I smoked a 1.5 year old BEC and just lost two more BEC's in a row while during a few minute "test" run inside. This last one was a replacement Castle just sent me. Castle said I wasn't grounding the BEC to the RX so it was to be expected (I call BS). This one was wired to their specs. I'm fixing to chuck the whole damn truck in the trash ...Rant Off Any other Losi guys have this BEC problem before the RS min drive update? Thats all that I can think that we have in common. Last edited by rob_b; 02-23-2011 at 09:03 PM. | |
02-24-2011, 08:18 AM | #96 | |
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I don't know why the minimum drive would make any difference, but the more I think about it, the more I realize that I didn't have BEC problems before that update. Rob, you might be on to something here. | |
02-24-2011, 09:54 AM | #97 |
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I agree, it should make no difference what the ESC is doing. Unless its introducing some weird fluctuations into the electrical system. Guess it might be time for a data logger.
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02-24-2011, 12:27 PM | #98 |
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Well as an LCC owner i cant help totally but ive had no issues with the BEC and a 7950. I have the bec wired direct to the servo and servo signal going to the rx. I also run a super with the pro bec feeding my dual rr servos (9157) and a standard blue feeding my 7980 front servo. Running both trucks on 3s. LCC has a goat 3s system, and super has 2 fxr's. One thing i can think of is a possibility of too much resistance in the solder joints or plugs?? ive had same bec in the LCC for almost 2 seasons. |
02-24-2011, 01:50 PM | #99 | |
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02-24-2011, 02:57 PM | #100 |
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I'm glad you are so motivated Dave. Keep us informed...
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