mill7304

iTrader: (4)

I bought a Novak club spec esc and motor combo off of a guy on here and he said everything worked when he put it away to sell.... Well I bought it fom him and hooked everything up correctly and tried to use it but it didn't work. The esc was fried. What do I do????

XRated SCT

I don't know about everybody else's thoughts on that but IMO, saying "it worked when I put it away" would make the purchase questionable for me, if it works just say it works nothing extra needed in most cases

Maybe you contact him and see what he thinks about it or maybe Novak CS could do something for you, I don't know anything about their CS so couldn't tell you forsure

ThePanda

iTrader: (68)

Is the signal lead plugged in the right direction?

Does it light up when you plug in a battery?

mill7304

iTrader: (4)

It's plugged in right. It lights up and immediately turns off. It doesn't work. I told the guy I bought it from and doesn't know what we should do. But I may call Novak cs and see what they could do.

lbenton

iTrader: (48)

If you are confident that you got everything hooked up right and that the ESC arrived dead I would make option 1 to return it to the seller.

Failing that, or if you have any reason to suspect the fault may be on your end I would contact Novak. I have not worked with them on ESC's but the support I got on a bad sensor board was top notch. But they can give you repair or replacement estimates if no warranty option is to be had.

nutz4rcyktw

iTrader: (67)

Did you get the instructions with the ESC? If not you can download them from www.teamnovak.com

Check and see what the lights are telling you? I believe the club ESC only has one blinking white light to indicate it is in blinky mode when it is turned on. You said lights come on. The number and color indicate faults and help you diagnose the issue.

Are you using a sensored motor? I would think so, if it is the Novak club set up. Could be a bad sensor wire or board in the motor. Again the lights may be telling you this condition exists.

Novak CS is very good in my past experience. I now run Tekin but not because of any Novak CS issues.

lbenton

iTrader: (48)

True that it could be an issue with the sensor set up. I had a bad sensor board that would let the ESC run OK for a little bit and the it would reboot the ESC then be OK again for a little bit. It looked for all the world like a bad ESC for a while...

See if your novak powers up with the sensor cable off and motor not connected.

mill7304

iTrader: (4)

It doesn't power up with those unhooked. I tried.

slimgravy

iTrader: (5)

make sure throttle trim is set to 0