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J-Sizzle · 01-13-2010, 12:34 PM

Um, im gonna waterproof my Axial, but im jus wonderin if the hot glue gun will melt the insulation around the wires and such

Help would be appreciated

ped453 · 01-13-2010, 01:03 PM

i used mostly dielectric grease for my servo, just open up you're servo pack it with the dielectric (clear stuff you can buy at most hardware store) close it and you're ready to go. As for the reciever and ESC all i use was a small hobby box i got from radio shack drill the holes for you're cables, silicone all the openings, just make sure you've still got access to you're esc not overheating or anything this could be a factor, because your losing your ventilation.

and yeah the hotmelt glue should be fine

ricerscott · 01-13-2010, 01:51 PM

You should be fine with the hot glue. Personally I've always used plasti-dip/liquid electrical tape and have had great results. I have sumbmerged my reciever in water for over 30 minutes with power to it the whole time and it continued to work great. Dielectric grease also works very well as stated above.

BC1 · 01-20-2010, 09:14 PM

will the grease method work on a losi mrc?

01-13-2010, 12:34 PM	#1
J-Sizzle Newbie Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Cleveland Posts: 10	Water Proof Um, im gonna waterproof my Axial, but im jus wonderin if the hot glue gun will melt the insulation around the wires and such Help would be appreciated

01-13-2010, 01:03 PM	#2
ped453 Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2009 Location: 354 Posts: 670	i used mostly dielectric grease for my servo, just open up you're servo pack it with the dielectric (clear stuff you can buy at most hardware store) close it and you're ready to go. As for the reciever and ESC all i use was a small hobby box i got from radio shack drill the holes for you're cables, silicone all the openings, just make sure you've still got access to you're esc not overheating or anything this could be a factor, because your losing your ventilation. and yeah the hotmelt glue should be fine

01-13-2010, 01:51 PM	#3
ricerscott Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: midland Posts: 94	You should be fine with the hot glue. Personally I've always used plasti-dip/liquid electrical tape and have had great results. I have sumbmerged my reciever in water for over 30 minutes with power to it the whole time and it continued to work great. Dielectric grease also works very well as stated above.

01-20-2010, 09:14 PM	#4
BC1 Newbie Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: washington Posts: 39	will the grease method work on a losi mrc?

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