Darocho76

So I accidentally connected my new lipo battery to the the esc in reverse. The deans connector was in reverse and I didn't notice. I started to smell something burnt and the battery wires were hot so I shut it off and disconnected it. After I noticed the problem I reconnected my Nimh to test the truck and ONLY the steering works. The throttle does not do anything. My question is, shouldn't the whole thing stop working, or can this happen when the esc is damaged? And do I need a new motor now also? I'm so mad at myself smh. Anyway thanks in advance for any input.

The Saylors

It sounds like you prolly cooked the esc. This exact reason is why i push the traxxas plugs because it's impossible to plug them in the wrong way (there are other one way plugs of course). Sorry you had to learn that the hard way The motor may still work but i seriously doubt the esc will live again. Hope this helps!

Alex

Darocho76

Yea I figured the esc was shot but it's good to know I won't need a new motor as well. Thanks for the info bro. This thing smells TERRIBLE lol..

The Saylors

like is said you MAY not need a motor lol i would get an esc and go from there. Ya that smell is like burning bandaids XD

Darocho76

Hahaha!!! For real, straight up smell of failure lol. Man I hope I don't need one though that would REALLY suck! Anyway good lookin out Alex.

RustyUs

You are one strong dude to be putting Deans T-plug connectors together the wrong way .

RustyUs

I've repaired ESC before from a reverse polarity mistake. Maybe just lucky, or the circuit board just happened to melt the copper foil quickly before any major damage was done. I soldered a connection between the two copper ends, and viola, ESC was up and running again. I'm always opening up stuff that doesn't work.

Darocho76

Hey Rustyus, thanks for chiming in. I didn't force the deans plug the wrong way lol. My esc has banana plugs and I put an adapter on the deans to convert it to a banana. That's where everything went wrong lol. Thanks soooooo much for this picture bro, I think I'm going to look inside also now that you mention it. I mean I can't break it any more I guess right?

RustyUs

That's how I ended up with "smoked" ESC as well. Some of my battery packs have +/- bullet inputs reversed and when in a hurry...poof! I now try to mark my positive side on my battery packs to help, stupid me, see better.

RustyUs

That's the way I look at it.