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Old 03-12-2011 | 07:47 PM
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Can a bad receiver blow out servos. Ive had a terrible problem with servos blowing lately, just my throttle, been through 3 in the las 4 mos. And no there not not cheapies. There all 110.00 plus servos. Yes I know how to align and set my epa......
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Old 03-12-2011 | 08:10 PM
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Can a bad receiver blow out servos. Ive had a terrible problem with servos blowing lately, just my throttle, been through 3 in the las 4 mos. And no there not not cheapies. There all 110.00 plus servos. Yes I know how to align and set my epa......
yes a receiver controls the servos so if you dont have your end points and steering throw setup correctly you will burn out a servo very easily
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Old 03-12-2011 | 08:13 PM
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yes a receiver controls the servos so if you dont have your end points and steering throw setup correctly you will burn out a servo very easily
Like I said, I know how to set my end points. Can the receiver itself overload a servo and cause the motor to burn up.........
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Old 03-31-2011 | 01:13 AM
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Ive got the same issue, both my servos went last night at the same time, without operating them so EPA never was an issue. By the way I checked both servos were working before I installed them into my new car, after the installation neither work. Have tried a spare servo, this works fine. Any help or advice world be appreciated. By the way its a spektrum reciever.
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What are you using as a power source for the RX and Servo ?

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Old 03-31-2011 | 02:39 AM
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I'm using 6v hump packs
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Old 03-31-2011 | 04:59 AM
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Check the voltage coming from the rcvr.

The answer to your ques is yes, a bad rcvr can cause servos to go bad.
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