balang_479
Rock Crawler
Water does conduct electricity and so wont a normal switch or Deans Plug, lets say, short out the battery?
how can you waterproof these connections.
how can you waterproof these connections.
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waterproofing switches?!?
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Norcal crawler
RCC Addict
Electrical tape. Thats what i used and mine still runs.
obijuan
I had the hottest girlfriend at the MSD Nats
liquid elctrical tape.
DaViolentOne
Rock Crawler
Balloons... I stuffed my switches into balloons and zap-strapped the open ends with some silicone inside to ake SURE water stays out...
But no.. A switch or Deans won't short the battery out... The only thing that can really be affected by water is any electronic components.. Like ESC's, RX's and servo's... There's just not enuff voltage in a battery to short out if connected...
In fact, I and many others have broken motors in in water... If there was going to be a short with the battery, that's where it would happen if it was going to at all as the battery is directly attatched to the motor when breaking in in water...
But no.. A switch or Deans won't short the battery out... The only thing that can really be affected by water is any electronic components.. Like ESC's, RX's and servo's... There's just not enuff voltage in a battery to short out if connected...
In fact, I and many others have broken motors in in water... If there was going to be a short with the battery, that's where it would happen if it was going to at all as the battery is directly attatched to the motor when breaking in in water...
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DKNguyen
Quarry Creeper
Water only conducts if it has salts (or other ionic compounds) dissolved in it. Not sure if that's a problem or not. The onyl cases I can think of are road salt mixing with the water, or a place where there's lots and lots of just the right kind of minerals in the water like in just the right kind of river. It's probably less of a problem than you make it seem right now, especially with small things like puddles.
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cabsover78
Pebble Pounder
yeah but if you wrap you connectors in electical tape or liquid stuff won't you have to pull it off every time you charge?
balang_479
Rock Crawler
so its fine if i dont protect the switches?? Everything else i cant understand... but if water manages to short out a circuit (esc, reciever) why not a switch??
and there are salts in all water apart from disstilled (anyone know of any disstilled water rivers??
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and there are salts in all water apart from disstilled (anyone know of any disstilled water rivers??
)DKNguyen
Quarry Creeper
so its fine if i dont protect the switches?? Everything else i cant understand... but if water manages to short out a circuit (esc, reciever) why not a switch??
and there are salts in all water apart from disstilled (anyone know of any disstilled water rivers??
Usually not enough for the low battery voltage to push enough current across the gap. Just look at tap water.
DaViolentOne
Rock Crawler
If you're really concerned about it, why not search for shorted stuff on the board? I have yet to hear or read of a battery or plug OR switch that's shorted out in water on ANY RC... Be it 4, 6 or 14 cells... There's just not enuff juice to short...
Inside the electronics, however, it is possible to short as there's just so many small connections in there that water will cause shorting across many contacts.. Not just one or 2... Things get changed and such while inside so it's not quite the same as when it comes out of the battery or out to the motor...
As I've said.. Many ppl have used water to break in a motor... A lot more than ya think as it's been in a magazine or 2 for how to break in a motor and get more out of a sealed can motor... If it was gonna cause issues, that would be a good place to do it as the motor has MUCH more "open" area in contact with the water...
Inside the electronics, however, it is possible to short as there's just so many small connections in there that water will cause shorting across many contacts.. Not just one or 2... Things get changed and such while inside so it's not quite the same as when it comes out of the battery or out to the motor...
As I've said.. Many ppl have used water to break in a motor... A lot more than ya think as it's been in a magazine or 2 for how to break in a motor and get more out of a sealed can motor... If it was gonna cause issues, that would be a good place to do it as the motor has MUCH more "open" area in contact with the water...
