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05-03-2012, 09:11 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland Canada
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|  Trekker ESC Burned up, what should I do??
My esc started smoking when I connected a 2s 1300mah 25c lipo.... Should I buy a new one? I cant seem to find any used ones for parts on ebay, and the esc is 50 bucks new, I just bought the thing new two days ago... I wanted to try a lipo in it but i know its huge, thought it could handle it.. |
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05-03-2012, 10:11 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: PNW
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That hurts, was thinking of putting lipo to mine. Was looking in on the forum for that. for the end of the world |
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05-03-2012, 10:15 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland Canada
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| Re: Trekker ESC Burned up, what should I do??
it can take a lipo im just not sure what kind. I ordered a 300 mah 2s 20c from hobbypartz.com i hope that works in it... Im in process of looking for a used esc..
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05-04-2012, 12:19 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: North Alabama
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| Re: Trekker ESC Burned up, what should I do??
That would be a defect in the ESC. I had one do that. ran it for about 3 hours and next thing I know it was smoking and the contacts that feed power to the motor were melted together. You didn't do anything wrong. Call up horizon hobby tech support and tell them what it is doing and they will send you out a replacement. well thats what they did for me. The support the guys there give is top notch.
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05-04-2012, 01:41 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland Canada
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| Re: Trekker ESC Burned up, what should I do??
would the c rating effect the esc? the lipo i used was a sky lipo 25c/50c burst 2s 1300mah |
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05-04-2012, 01:44 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland Canada
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| Re: Trekker ESC Burned up, what should I do??
is it possible the black wire should be soldered where the red is on the connector to the lipo. Maybe i have them backwards but would that even matter? Reverse polarity
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05-04-2012, 03:21 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: North Alabama
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| Re: Trekker ESC Burned up, what should I do??
yeah... that would matter. if you hooked it up in reverse then that would kill the esc real quick.
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05-04-2012, 06:53 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Bulgaria
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| Re: Trekker ESC Burned up, what should I do??
Post me a pic and i think i can help you ;)
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05-04-2012, 11:23 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland Canada
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| Re: Trekker ESC Burned up, what should I do??
Well i had a spare connector, I soldered the red to the red and black to the black, maybe some how it is reversed
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05-04-2012, 11:28 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland Canada
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| Re: Trekker ESC Burned up, what should I do??
ahah it was reverse polarity, the connector i used had opposite black red/ than the stock connector red black/ ........ bummer... well now i know why it fried :( Horizon hobby will send me a new one... just wonder how long it will take. |
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05-28-2012, 05:08 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: PNW
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Saw a buddy fry his mmp plugging in backwards. Never fun to see electronic smoke. Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk 2 |
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