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Old 05-22-2010 | 10:11 AM
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leongkc
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Originally Posted by Duster_360
I ran with a cap bank soldered to my Quark125b esc the same way. It was soldered in as close to the esc as poss, right where the wires beft the board. I never noticed mine getting hot.

Maybe its only getting hot because the cap has gone bad?
I would think so.

I've never noticed the cap getting hot before. I've tried touching the cap on my tekin rs after being plugged in as well, and it does not get burning hot soon after.

Let me replace the cap and see how it goes.
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