Ecs wont turn on while switch is on!!
 

Is it possible that a ECS wont turn on if the switch is bad even though the switch is on? Reason being is that I've been having troubles getting the ECS green light to come on after the switch is turned on. Switch is on but no lights on ecs and the steering doesn't work either. It seems i have a messed up switch. when the kit was running, and landed a jump, it would cut in and out. I believe i messed it up by not putting servo tape on it. It was just kinda in thier. Would i beable to install a Mini toggle instead of this little switch Nub thing?

Thanks

It is possible you were able to destroy the internals to a switch. It is also possible that you could have a switch harness with a bad wire due to the flopping around inside your model. Novak makes replacement switches, and getting a replacement on it is relatively easy task that most LHSs can accomplish for you.

Thanks Timmay , yeah i think the internals are bad too. I dont know why they make these switches so small. I can hardly get my finger to switch the thing.

So, do you think if i replace the switch the ECS should turn on. I know i didn't fry it because i went racing Sunday, But it was being jumped and tumbled pretty good, the switch that is.

Would it make a difference if i told you after the race i was driving through the field and my Evader just Cut out. The Lights on the ecs wouldn't come on, the steering servo Jacked it self to the one side, wouldn't steer, But all wire were connected and switch was on. I took it home too figure out why the servo wasn't working. It's metal geared so i took it apart while leaving it hooked to the Ecs and hooked up a fresh charged battery turned the switch on and the servo motor started to Spin all the way in one direction, NOT Stoping even when i turned the wheel on my remote.

So i put it back together just as i took it out and tried the same. New charged battery, servo still hooked to the ecs. This time since it was all together, i turned the switch on and the servo spun in the same direction, Locking to the one side, even while turning with the remote.

Ecs/Reciever seems to not be getting any power. Idk, can some one help.

I'm thinking

A. Need a new switch
B. Need a new switch and servo

Any thoughts on ECS,Switches, and servos not working would be awesome.
Thanks, driftnut

I wouldn't be able to tell without being able to troubleshoot it in hand. At this point I'd take it to your LHS and have them give you a hand. If you really think that the switch is what went bad, you could always cut off the switch, strip the wire and twist it together. If the speed controller doesn't turn on, you have other problems, and it may not have been the switch that was bad.