Whoops! Plonker

[Never on a Monday]

Hi All, Just done the school boy error of plugging the battery in wrong (positive/negative). Cue smoking wire and capacitor. Absolutely gutted :( as was enjoying the race night.

I have plugged back in and have power to the esc as lights are on and steering works but have no throttle. The question is will a new capacitor fix the issue or have I blown the ESC?

[sosidge]

ESCs don't need the capacitor to run, it just helps with efficiency. So it sounds like you've blown it.

[discothesnake]

Depends what type of speedo and what type of capacitor you have. If the cap has a diode on it then that usually takes the hit for the speedo. If not, you probably have blown the speedo.

[morpheus2010]

Little tip to avoid plugging ESC to battery the wrong way. ( I learned the hard way :cry: )

Fit one of the connector leads as short as you can so it won't reach the wrong polarity connection ;)

That way even if you try to you wouldn't be able to plug it in the wrong way again. :thumbsup:

[Never on a Monday]

Thanks for the replies.

Funnily enough I did have one wire shorter but then changed to a mid motor and moved bits around. Thus allowing cross over DOH!

I have a feeling it's blown. The only bit of hope I had was the ESC still had lights on and flashing. Still we live and learn :eh?:

Looks like I may need to upgrade the Durango RTR speed controller sooner than anticipated :blush:

[mattr]

Not necessarily a bad thing!

Lots of combo deals out there, can get yourself an extra motor in the bank for when you gain confidence with the current one! And a shiny speedo which you can program