| |
06-11-2007, 09:07 PM
| #1 |
| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2006 Location: California
Posts: 1,361
|  Dead battery?
I was putting some female deans plugs on my batteries today and the wires on both of them touched during the process and sparked. I decided i would finish putting the deans plug on so i can test it and see if it is really shorted out or not. So i finished it and plugged it in. The led on the esc lights up, but nothing is happening. There is no respone at all. It worked great yesterday when i had the tamiya plugs on both the battery and esc and now it isn't working. I also tried putting deans on my other battery and while i was cutting the tamiya plug off it sparked also. So that battery doesn't work either. Did i just kill both batteries? Thanks. Oh the battery is a V-Maxx super duty. 2500 mah 7.2 volts. Ok, i did some troubleshooting. I pluged the battery into the motor, and checked the charge on both batteries and they are fine. I didn't ruin the batteries. I pluged the esc in and left the motor connection out and checked the voltage on that. There is power getting to the motor wire on the esc. I am trying new radio equipment now. I did notice some corrosion on the controller where the AA's go in. But the light on the controller is still on. Anyone got any ideas? Last edited by Norcal crawler; 06-11-2007 at 09:29 PM. |
|  |
| Sponsored Links | |
| | |
|
06-11-2007, 09:27 PM
| #2 |
| I wanna be Dave   Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Burnsville
Posts: 3,096
|
Was it fully charged while you were switching plugs? How many volts is it reading on the charger/volt meter? Try recharging the pack.
|
|
| |
|
06-11-2007, 09:29 PM
| #3 |
| I had the hottest girlfriend at the MSD Nats Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hecho en Tejas
Posts: 2,399
|
did you cut one wire at a time? i dont think that will kill a battery but its definately not good. do you have them on backwards? blk to red, red to blk? not insulting you or anything but just giving ideas
|
|
| |
|
06-11-2007, 09:52 PM
| #4 | |
| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2006 Location: California
Posts: 1,361
| Quote:
I'm running out of heat shrinks.  | |
|
| |
|
06-11-2007, 09:57 PM
| #5 |
| I had the hottest girlfriend at the MSD Nats Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hecho en Tejas
Posts: 2,399
|
NO! black to black!!!!!!!! i just was wondering if you accidentally mixed it up! i doubt you ruined the battery, you may have just discharged it really fast? |
|
| |
|
06-11-2007, 10:04 PM
| #6 |
| owner, Holmes Hobbies LLC   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Volt up! Gear down!
Posts: 20,290
|
Red (positive) goes to the fatter side of the Deans plugs. Black goes to the skinny side. Make sure everything is polarized right. It shouldnt ruin a battery just shorting it once and getting a spark.
|
|
| |
|
06-11-2007, 10:12 PM
| #7 |
| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2006 Location: California
Posts: 1,361
|
Ok, red is to the fat side. And i didnt switch them around. I'm going to try switching radio equipment now and see what happens.
|
|
| |
|
06-11-2007, 10:20 PM
| #8 |
| MWRCA'er  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Machesney Park IL
Posts: 3,995
|
As long as your red battery wire goes to your red esc wire and your black battery wire goes to your black esc wire. It doesn't really make a difference how they get there. Just as long as the red goes to red and black goes to black otherwise your esc shorts out.
|
|
| |
|
06-11-2007, 10:25 PM
| #9 |
| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2006 Location: California
Posts: 1,361
|
It was the reciever. I plugged a spare one in and now it works. Thanks for all the help though. Dang, now i have to buy more stuff. I think it is time for an upgrade from the tq3.
|
|
| |
 |
| |
Linear Mode
