nitro_mt_racer

iTrader: (241)

And you're saying that if you take the red/black switch wires off of the red battery post that the rx8 will not work? Even with the red/black switch wires still connected?

ninzx7

iTrader: (54)

yes, as you said, red and black connected and welded, removed from the red cable of the battery and no power, other strange thing is if I touch the red battery cable (the positive one) with the red of the switch alone no power on the esc, if i do the same with the black no power too, they need to be connected, I touch the positive of the battery and power is on, very very strange that problem.

lbenton

iTrader: (48)

My advice is send it in, there is something wrong with it. To properly bypass the switch you will only need to solder the wires from the switch together and insulate that joint. Attaching that to anything is nothing I have ever seen or heard of.

On another note... I like having the switch, it has not been a problem for me except for the issue of finding a place to put the switch that works well and is only 2 inches from the ESC. I wish it was standard practice to build it into the case of the ESC, and to make the anti-switch crowd happy maybe put a bypass jumper in the case so it is always on when the battery is attached. < HINT HINT to all you manufactures out there >

k1ller rc

iTrader: (316)

Ya, I think someone fried the internal board relay and they decided to bypass it with a hardwire.
Its ingenuitive, but dangerous.