Tekin B1-R Fire

[AnimalLosi]

Anyone ever have this happen to them? it's been in my MRC for about a year now and nothing has changed...

[bquin]

yup...have two like that. One I actually had in my 2.2 moa for a while before it smoked.....did it have the capacitor on it?

[AnimalLosi]

Yea had the capacitor on it and I'm only running 2S 850Mah Lipo

[rock hard]

I have smoked one, and I had a buddie smoke 2 of them.

To be honest, all 3 times mentioned, the trucks was being ran hard though.

[AnimalLosi]

I just turned mine on and it smoked! What did you guys replace with another B1R, i was thinking of going to the FXR. Any suggestions?

[rock hard]

I would highly suggest a micro sidewinder

[ovcrwlr]

i burnt up mine twice and finally got upgraded to the fxr after sending it back to tekin twice. tekin told me and my friend who also burnt his up that the b1r cant really handle a mrc even though it says its for 1/18 scale

[AnimalLosi]

Guess I'll contact Tekin before i go out and buy new... Thanks for the advice guys!

[bquin]

Originally Posted by rock hard

I would highly suggest a micro sidewinder

Yup....this would be the way to go....good advice

[EverettY]

I've had a smoked one... Don't know why... Must be a common problem after they've been run quite a bit...

I had to pay I think $35 to have Tekin replace it

[winnerone23]

I have smoked a Sidewinder micro and a Mamba micro pro.. have a mongoose system, from a trade, in now. If that goes, I'm goin with a fx-r for a 14t HH cobalt motor next! I have had the least amount of problems with the fx-r then any other esc in the hobby!

[AxialJeepster]

i love the micro pro AND micro sidewinders, with a BEC they are dandy..

my B1r went up also, all I did was turn it on one day and poof. it still comes on just acts all fugged up. so I suppose sending it in is not a good plan if tekin makes up pay money to fix it when its in a 1/18 scale rig and a very hi turn motors , should be able to handle a light weight comp rig with a 30t motor..

but as stated above, the tekin FXR is the smallest, lightest, best internal BEC, awesome drag brake, 3s lipo, smooth power, easy and endless options ESC you can get for something that size for something like an MRC

[martoediefroets]

I have had the same problems with the B1-R!
Smoked 2 brand new ones on a stock motor with 2S pack.
Now i run the CC Sidewinder micro.
I abuse the hell out of it and even experimented with 4S and never had any probs.
The 2 B1-R where an expensive(65 euro's a piece) lesson to learn about the low quality of Tekin electronics.
Even the aftersales from Tekin sucks big time.

[winnerone23]

We all have our opinions an have had are own problems... I just happen to have them with CC .. none with tekin. ..

[AnimalLosi]

Thanks for all the advice guys. My rig is pretty simple and doesnt get beat on too often. I'm pretty disappointed in Tekin on this one, 33T HH motor with a 2S Lipo nothing crazy about that... hopefully Tekin will replace it even though i'll probably replace with something better.

[winnerone23]

Lol, I was running a HH when the mmp went... I might have been on 3s at the time tho..

[philg]

I`ve had this ESC in Losi MRC for 2 days now,and everything was going fine.
Took it out today for a spin,and poof,a flash of spark shot out and then it was dead.
What a pile junk these ESC`s are.
Waiting on the Ebay seller in the US to get back to me about a refund,don`t want another one of these ESC`s.

[ittybitty]

Just like rock hard said...the Sidewinder Micro is a GREAT choice for the MRC.

[philg]

Originally Posted by ittybitty

Just like rock hard said...the Sidewinder Micro is a GREAT choice for the MRC.

I ordered one last night mate,should be hear in about 2 weeks.
I have the CC bec and it works great.

The Ebayer who sold the Tekin B1R to me is going to give me a full refund,lessoned learned.