Orion r10.1 esc repair

[Zippy G]

HI all
as per the title, is there anyone out there who is able to repair an orion 10.1 that has been connected backward polarity for a split second.

Now the esc powers up, when the trigger is pulled for the throttle it blinks a red light, if you manually spin the wheels at this point the esc runs fine until you bring the buggy to a full stop again. then it will require a bump start to get it going again.

Any help would be appreciated

Regards Sam

[K-Brewer]

You can try "pugs" on here but reversing it nearly always means its toast

[Stu Dixon]

If your lucky you will just need a new capacitor bank, my mate did similar and he changed the capacitor bank and it’s like new. I however when I reversed my connections wasn’t so lucky.

Good luck.

[Stu Dixon]

Originally Posted by Stu Dixon

If your lucky you will just need a new capacitor bank, my mate did similar and he changed the capacitor bank and it’s like new. I however when I reversed my connections wasn’t so lucky.

Good luck.

See link

http://www.racing-cars.com/pp/Manufa...W86030030.html

[Zippy G]

Thanks for the replies guys, much appreciated.

On the capacitor note, I took the capacitor bank off and tried running it without but it still did the same, is it worth putting a new one on and trying it?

[Stu Dixon]

Originally Posted by Zippy G

Thanks for the replies guys, much appreciated.

On the capacitor note, I took the capacitor bank off and tried running it without but it still did the same, is it worth putting a new one on and trying it?

I’m no expert but worth a go for the cost of a new capacitor I would say mate.

[imull]

Originally Posted by Zippy G

Thanks for the replies guys, much appreciated.

On the capacitor note, I took the capacitor bank off and tried running it without but it still did the same, is it worth putting a new one on and trying it?

You'll need a new cap if it's been reversed, but that won't fix this as you've blown a phase on the ESC. If you can't get hold of pugs I can might be able to help and can always catch you at SHRCCCCCC if you want.