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Old 06-15-2011 | 12:33 PM
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Default RE: What to do with this ESC?


ORIGINAL: ryan_t888

Smoke suggests a component has overheated.
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">normally I would agree with you, except it was cold, I plugged in the battery, spun up the motor (bench test) and then the magic smoke just started shooting out of the side. (less then 2 seconds running) Something inside gave up!<div></div><div>Anyhow, the ESC came in today. I gave it a quick check and it works, so thats a plus!</div><div></div><div>I am going to fit it into the Villain IV and just leave it air cooled for now. Maybe I might butt it up against a plate with some water running through it. Not sure yet. I'll have to rig something up. I want to put a brushless system into the villain and will put this controller into my Stampede down the road.</div></div><br type="_moz" />