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Old 11-02-2013, 12:21 PM
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my esc leds flash green and yellow indicating LVC but the batteries i tried using it with are fully charged. i tried three different receivers, and changing the bec output from 5.5 all the way to 7 and it still does this. what could be the problem?
it works for a couple seconds and then goes into LVC

please help, we racing tomorrow and i lent this esc to a friend to join until he gets his...
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my esc leds flash green and yellow indicating LVC but the batteries i tried using it with are fully charged. i tried three different receivers, and changing the bec output from 5.5 all the way to 7 and it still does this. what could be the problem?
it works for a couple seconds and then goes into LVC

please help, we racing tomorrow and i lent this esc to a friend to join until he gets his...
Have you tried turning the LVC off? It's a band aide fix at best, but it might help you troubleshoot.
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Ended up lending him my spare rx8.

Thanks i will try that, maybe run it for a few minutes and then resetting the esc..
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check what the lvc cutoff is set for. if it set for say…3s and you are using the standard 4s… or set for 4s using 5s etc. you will get false cutoff for your battery until it is changed.
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