Originally posted by GarageGuy
David, Paola Kansas is a different kind of place to live and I do live in the country but I do believe the universe is the same. The Law of Murphy does tend to dominate in this neck of the woods.
I am obviously overlooking something. My main question is. Can you reverse the polarity on these motors without letting the smoke out of a $50 ESC every time?
GG
Paolo Kansas would be fine. Now, Los Angeles, where I am, is definitely in a different universe!
Anyway . . Yes, it should be possible to avoid smoke coming out of a $50 ESC every time you switch it on - even in LA; and you know how strange the smoke can be there!
You can't however avoid it if you try to swap the polarity on its way into the ESC - only on the way out to the motor.
The problem can only be caused by 2 possibilities - either the wiring is wrong or there is too much current. The former can only be put right by connecting it up properly, the latter by making sure the voltage does not exceed the designed figure, or avoiding the motor stalling.
DC