ESC/lipo help
#1
ESC/lipo help
Today I was running my scte and it was all going great with my viper copperhead 5150kv motor and ESC combo. Until one of my lipos died. So I go to plug in my turning nano tech and I realized that the 'connectors' are not in the port. So i accidentally plug - into + and + into -. I didn't realize until i plugged it into my ESC. I had the body on so I couldn't tell really what happened, but there was smoke coming out. I tore off the body and I realized the the deans plug from the lipo de-soldered themselves and the wire leads on the battery were charred. So now I have a lipo with no connector with black smoke marks around the wire leads. And a ESC that I'm afraid to turn on. Should. I plug in another battery and se how it goes? Should I pitch the old lipo? ( P.S. I never turned on the ESC the smoke just happened once i plug in the battery )
#12
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I have two flavors of inboarded 2S Lipo batteries with opposite + and - negative orientation and that very much ups the risk of me reversing polarity if I am in a hurry or distracted at all... and let's face being in a hurry or distracted is almost normal for anybody.
To protect me from myself I marked my + with red tape and I also sleeved the whole lipo hard case in clear shrink wrap to keep the tape from backing off and take on any scuffs and wear from day to day use.