Damaged/chipped ESC
06-06-2017, 08:30 AM
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Damaged/chipped ESC
Hi everyone,
A few days ago I was out bashing and a massive stone flew inside my car and unfortunately chipped the heatsink (I think) on my ESC, will this be a problem or will it not do anything? It's a stock Tamiya TEU-101BK.
A few days ago I was out bashing and a massive stone flew inside my car and unfortunately chipped the heatsink (I think) on my ESC, will this be a problem or will it not do anything? It's a stock Tamiya TEU-101BK.
06-07-2017, 08:19 AM
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It probably won't do much but i can't get the picture to enlarge to get a better look at it. Its kind of a weird design being that it doesn't have fins on it. Usually this small of a chip is fine as long as it didn't fracture the metal all the way to the inside of the esc. I would keep an eye on your esc temps for a while to be sure. If it starts to act up at all i would chuck it, no one wants a fire or a meltdown.
06-07-2017, 10:04 PM
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It probably won't do much but i can't get the picture to enlarge to get a better look at it. Its kind of a weird design being that it doesn't have fins on it. Usually this small of a chip is fine as long as it didn't fracture the metal all the way to the inside of the esc. I would keep an eye on your esc temps for a while to be sure. If it starts to act up at all i would chuck it, no one wants a fire or a meltdown.
06-08-2017, 01:44 PM
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06-14-2017, 02:32 PM
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