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Old 04-21-2013, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by nitrousdave
You probably should connect the positive and negative wire of the servo to your battery. Having the ground still going through the BEC in your ESC might be causing problems. I have my servo connected directly to my battery and only the signal wire from the receiver and I haven't had any problems.
Originally Posted by WindDrake
Ground loop, probably.

+/- should be wired directly to the battery, with your signal wire being the only thing hooked up to the RX.

Okay, so not connecting the ground to the battery as well would be my problem.
Apparently this destroys the servo, can anybody explain why ?

Originally Posted by ufoDziner
It sounds to me like it's a grounding problem caused by the the lack of complete isolation. Does your receiver support hv?
No, my receiver supports up to 6v.
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