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country_crawler · 02-20-2011, 02:09 PM

Was doing some test and tune with My LCC when poof. Smoke just started rising from under the body, and filling my room up. Got the body unplugged battery thinking it was the Tamiya plugs Im using on 3s lipo (it was all I had). So I unplug it let it cool off, and go to plug everything back up and I got no beeps from my side winder indicating that the motor is working correctly?

My set up is

DX3e
sr300 rx
Hitec 645mg
Side winder ESC
Traxxas titan 21t
traxxas dig servo
3s lipo's

Did I burn my motor up? Never had a motor go up in smoke before.

killswitch · 02-20-2011, 02:17 PM

You're flirting with disaster using tamiya plugs on a 3 cell pack. Take your motor out and put some voltage straight to it to see if its toast or not. Most times by tthe time you get it out, you will know by the way it smells if its what went or not.

country_crawler · 02-20-2011, 02:18 PM

Okay i'll try that. I've got deans coming in the mail!

TexasSP · 02-20-2011, 09:25 PM

People still use tamiya connectors? I had no idea????

rngrchad · 02-20-2011, 09:27 PM

smell the speed controller.....albeit you fried the capacitors inside it.

flizz · 02-20-2011, 11:12 PM

Tamiya connectors are the devil

country_crawler · 02-21-2011, 02:23 PM

The thing smelt like something burning about 10 mins before it went up and it just kept slowly losing power so I ordered a new motor and deans last night.

02-20-2011, 02:09 PM	#1
country_crawler RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Rock Bouncin' with the Patented Technique Posts: 1,374	LCC up in smoke... A little puzzled??? Was doing some test and tune with My LCC when poof. Smoke just started rising from under the body, and filling my room up. Got the body unplugged battery thinking it was the Tamiya plugs Im using on 3s lipo (it was all I had). So I unplug it let it cool off, and go to plug everything back up and I got no beeps from my side winder indicating that the motor is working correctly? My set up is DX3e sr300 rx Hitec 645mg Side winder ESC Traxxas titan 21t traxxas dig servo 3s lipo's Did I burn my motor up? Never had a motor go up in smoke before.

02-20-2011, 02:17 PM	#2
killswitch RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: St. Albans Posts: 1,441	You're flirting with disaster using tamiya plugs on a 3 cell pack. Take your motor out and put some voltage straight to it to see if its toast or not. Most times by tthe time you get it out, you will know by the way it smells if its what went or not.

02-20-2011, 02:18 PM	#3
country_crawler RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Rock Bouncin' with the Patented Technique Posts: 1,374	Okay i'll try that. I've got deans coming in the mail!

02-20-2011, 09:25 PM	#4
TexasSP RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tyler, TX Posts: 1,619	People still use tamiya connectors? I had no idea????

02-20-2011, 09:27 PM	#5
rngrchad Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Central/SE Ohio Posts: 522	smell the speed controller.....albeit you fried the capacitors inside it.

02-20-2011, 11:12 PM	#6
flizz Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2009 Location: farmington crawler capitol Posts: 149	Tamiya connectors are the devil

02-21-2011, 02:23 PM	#7
country_crawler RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Rock Bouncin' with the Patented Technique Posts: 1,374	The thing smelt like something burning about 10 mins before it went up and it just kept slowly losing power so I ordered a new motor and deans last night.

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