Archived: the OG noob question thread! šŸ˜€

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Any chance someone has a picture of this wiring? i know it should be basic but im not at ease with this connection without seeing itā€¦ thanks!

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Would have bought those, but I have no idea how to solder that xt connector back, so I didnā€™t :frowning:

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my ignorant self just realized i have the uart reciever cable for the vx1ā€¦

do you think this would fix my problem, or atleast shift it to a minor one ?

now that i got those 6374 fixed up, id rather enjoy the increased torque instead of spreading it thin with a smaller gearing ratio

In future I can solder for you. Tā€™habite en France nā€™est ce pas? Je te le fait en plaisir. N hĆ©sites pas la prochaine fois !

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and another stupid question coming from meā€¦

unity has a built in anti spark, and im about to add a xt90-s loopkey to the system

could anything bad happen from that and/or can the loopkey help longlivety of the built-in one ?

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Itā€™s just an extra added failsafe that Iā€™d easier to replace, no harm will come from using it in addition.

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where should it sit to take the spikes before the unity does ?
right now its disconnecting the -lead of the battery before it goes to the controller

I think the convention is to switch the positive side but Iā€™m not completely certain on that.

you can ditchthe uart cable and use the unityā€™s pwm cable instead. the receiver can do both, the only thing the option at purchase determines is which cable they send you. Since you have a unity which comes with a PWM cable you can just use it with your receiver.

But to answer your question: i donā€™t know if thatā€™s the whole problem or not. Try disabling traction control also and see if it still does it. Somebody was mentioning that may also be a thing.

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Traction control always seems to cause more problems than it solvesā€¦ I canā€™t be the only one whoā€™s noticing a trend?

so since my vx1 is connected and working in ppm right now, all i do is set the mode in vesc tool (unity tool) to uart and im good to go !?

edit: ah i got ahead of myself, you ment i should connect the pwm cable to the uart port ?

Need help with a similar issue. After 2 hours ride, all of a sudden one side of my dual FSESC died and i almost streetfaced. Iā€™ve been blaiming my fsesc for this but then iā€™ve realized that phase wires got damaged somehow and might got shorted. My dual FSesc is no longer working now so i need to understand if i damaged the FSESC, the motors or both of themā€¦ How can I double-check this? thanks

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with car batteries i allways got told to disconnect the - first, so thats why i went with thatā€¦

but id like to know whats convention around here

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AFAIK itā€™ll work exactly the same either way, Iā€™ve just seen more diagrams here with it on positive.
Take a look at the diagrams thread for some examplesā€¦ Iā€™ll try to find a link.
EDIT: Beautiful diagrams! NO WORDS (SERIOUS)

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Your motors should be fine from a phase short, that will just make them brake.
You can check that theyā€™re ok by giving them a hand spin - they should both turn reasonably easily and smoothly.

Your ESC, on the other hand, is probably game over.
EDIT: hereā€™s a post from @b264 detailing more about checking those motorsā€¦

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hmm ok if im not misstaken there is some diagrams that use the negative aswellā€¦ now the only question left is does that make a difference towards protecting the anti-spark in the unity

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@ahrav are your cloud wheels snug to the motor ABEC adaptor ? On my TB DD my foamies (same as cloud wheels) core are not the same size. Can the wheel rotate independently from the motor (even a few millimeters) ?

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Indeed, that was my initial impression. but yesterday I noticed strange behaviour (brake, non-regular spinning) when trying to plug the phase wires in the (turned off) fsesc. I guess thatā€™s a sign of the esc being goneā€¦ correct? Does it make any sense to try and change the phase wires and / or their connectors in the ESC?

I am by no means an electrical engineer, but afaik there is literally no difference.