12-13-2011, 09:17 AM | #1 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Tacoma
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| Electronic help Had my Axial crawler out this weekend and after a couple of minutes of just playing around it started smoking? I immediately took it into the garage and one of the wires to the motor was hot. It now won’t move and I’m not sure how to test it to see what’s wrong? The motor will spin freely and it appears that the speed controller is working like normal, but now forward or reverse (steering is fine). Did I toast a motor? How do I test it? Any other thoughts? Thanks |
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12-13-2011, 09:20 AM | #2 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: scranton
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well you could hook you wires directly to the motor for a second to see if it spins then you know your motors good or bad and whats left if your esc. how many volts are you trying to run the normal 7.2? or lipo or something
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12-13-2011, 09:33 AM | #3 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: 07456 N. NJ USofA
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OK, sounds like it cooked. 1-Make sure the brushes move in/out of the brush hood. 2-Make sure the brush shunts (braided wire from the brush to brush hood) are NOT hung up on the hood. 3-Using some jumpers/wire bits, connect a battery pack directly to the motor. Make sure you disconnect the ESC FIRST and the pinion/spur gear mesh is wide open (motor won't turn axle). Report back after testing. |
12-14-2011, 07:25 AM | #4 |
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Disconnected the motor from the ESC and applied dirrect power to it and it worked. So it appears that the motor is working, so did I toast the ESC? What else should I look at?
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12-14-2011, 01:41 PM | #5 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Adams
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The same thing happened to me it ended up being the esc. It would run fine till you put a little bit of a load on it then the motor started to smoke
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12-14-2011, 07:09 PM | #6 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: 07456 N. NJ USofA
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| Re: Electronic help Quote:
How old is the ESC? Maybe it has a warranty on it? Some vendors will do an "out of warranty" repair, basically pay 50% of a new one and have a working ESC. | |
12-15-2011, 08:05 AM | #7 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Tacoma
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| Re: Electronic help
I'm pretty sure that the esc is toast. I bought this used and after doing some research it appears that the Tekin B1-R that came with it is only rate for a 2S lipo and he sold it using 3S lipos. So now I'm going to loo into a new esc capable of handeling the 3S lipos that I have.
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12-15-2011, 08:42 AM | #8 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: 07456 N. NJ USofA
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| Re: Electronic help
I would look at the Holmes Hobbies BRXL, Castle Creations Mamba (various flavors) or Tekin FX-r. Those are about the most common ESC's used in crawling. |
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