Protek 4S Lipo Went Bad?
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Protek 4S Lipo Went Bad?
Guys,
Was practicing at my local track with my new RC8BE, its got a CC MM/2200kv 15/46. I had a brand new Protek 4S/35C 5000mah lipo in it and it was running fine. It was jumping fine with no major issues, I had no severe landings at all. Well I came of a table top and downsided it and it just rolled to a stop...dead. I thought I might have shaken a wire loose or something but nothing. I put the battery on my Protek iChecker and it doesnt even read it! When I hooked it up to my charger it read balance connector error. By all accounts this thing just died on me with not even 10 mins of use on it! I have another one of the exact same batteries that performs flawlessly. Any ideas on what I should besides call A-Main? Think they will be open today? Thanks for the help!
Jim
Was practicing at my local track with my new RC8BE, its got a CC MM/2200kv 15/46. I had a brand new Protek 4S/35C 5000mah lipo in it and it was running fine. It was jumping fine with no major issues, I had no severe landings at all. Well I came of a table top and downsided it and it just rolled to a stop...dead. I thought I might have shaken a wire loose or something but nothing. I put the battery on my Protek iChecker and it doesnt even read it! When I hooked it up to my charger it read balance connector error. By all accounts this thing just died on me with not even 10 mins of use on it! I have another one of the exact same batteries that performs flawlessly. Any ideas on what I should besides call A-Main? Think they will be open today? Thanks for the help!
Jim
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Why doesnt it work for lipo tabs? It does work for everything else
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Most lipos have copper tabs crimped onto the aluminum tabs so soldering isn't an issue. If they don't, you can use Solder-It aluminum paste and it isn't too hard to do.
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#9
Fellas,
Thanks for the help, I am going to call them and send it back. Hopefully they just send me a new one without too much hassle. Good battery though, the other one I have really sends the car downrange. I had a couple of nitro guys come sniffin by afterword to see what the car was all about!
Thanks for the help, I am going to call them and send it back. Hopefully they just send me a new one without too much hassle. Good battery though, the other one I have really sends the car downrange. I had a couple of nitro guys come sniffin by afterword to see what the car was all about!
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You can solder aluminum tabs but you need a zinc solder and the appropriate flux made for zinc solder.
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#12
Guys,
Talked to A-Main this morning and they are swapping it out no questions asked. They seem to be a pretty good company, their prices are across the board cheaper than Tower Hobbies and they ship UPS 3-Day select for pennies! Thanks for the help!
Talked to A-Main this morning and they are swapping it out no questions asked. They seem to be a pretty good company, their prices are across the board cheaper than Tower Hobbies and they ship UPS 3-Day select for pennies! Thanks for the help!