obious Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Hi All, So to give a bit of context, I bought a complete new set up (Hobbywing xerun 120a v3.1 ESC, Team Orion 13.5t motor and Team Orion 7200/100c mAH lipo) about two weeks ago to slot nicely into my new xray T4. I haven't even taken it onto a track yet, work and family commitments have kept me from doing so. After fitting a new pair of Xray ECS's tonight I thought I'd just connected the lipo to ensure everything was peachy, (+ just to make sure all was well) when trouble started! After connecting one power lead firmly, I went ahead with the second power connector and for some reason, a giant amount of sparks came out of the banana female socket whilst a rather audible pop (and a lot of smoke) was both heard and witnessed coming out of the Hobbywing power caps. The power leads also became extremely hot. After wondering what the hell just happened and standing in slight shock for 5-10 seconds I started to notice not only the smell but also that the lipo had started to balloon. So I'm wondering, should I ring Modelsport UK tomorrow and ask for a replacement ESC and battery or am I stuffed? Has anyone else experience anything like this?! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex97 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Sounds like you got the power cables mixed up and have blown the ESC? We have all done it. I dought that modelsport will refund you or send you a replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jony nitro Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Seems like the power cables are wrong way round, is my only thought, and I know what you said. Would email them, happend to me on my new Hacktronic esc 4 months old, I sent that right back, been told it's being fixed, soon as I plugged it in after calibration, after a 28 mile journey up it went! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obious Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 What do you mean the power cables are mixed up? Black is negative and red is positive?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jony nitro Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 He means from what you said. That is the only thing that could of happened.Doubtful that the Factory has crossed the cabling over?Has you have to solder them on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obious Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 I see, well I've labeled them all up correctly. Must be the ESC itself perhaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex97 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 what I meant was did you plug them in the right way round? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jony nitro Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Did you read the 1st post, he said he did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b19jas Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Any chance of some pics of the connectors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obious Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 Sure thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex97 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) I mean if he soldered them him self he might have made a mistake. Edited February 12, 2015 by alex97 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obious Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) You can just about see the small black cap on the cap board, it's cracked. I also just tried to power it on but it won't do, it's definitely buggered. Edited February 12, 2015 by obious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex97 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) if you could upload a picture of where the wire all connect to the esc that might help. Edited February 12, 2015 by alex97 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b19jas Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Where is the lipo now bud? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obious Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) FYI the cables, as you know, come pre-soldered on the v3.1 The lipo is just sitting on my desk, it seems to have stopped enlarging. To be fair, it hasn't blown up that much, just enough to notice that it wobbles when place on a flat surface! Edited February 12, 2015 by obious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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