Found this on the ground while repairing - safe to still skate?

poloace · May 9, 2020, 5:49pm

Found this little thing on the ground while tightening motor clamps and mounting trucks- possible it dislodged? Or- is this random debris that may have been picked up on a prior ride?

Curious for your help- Coffee shot glass
For size comparison

ZachTetra · May 9, 2020, 5:50pm

Uh dude that.s a capacitor…they are supposed to be part of the ESC. Check the ESCs on your board, if one is missing that’s pretty problamatic

poloace · May 9, 2020, 5:52pm

Hmm… the esc wasn’t open while this dismounted - the unity was in a closed box- should i take down the silicone and look?

poloace · May 9, 2020, 5:54pm

The silicone housing on the unity is fairly strong- now I gotta find a diagram of the unity without covering to see if that’s what it is.

ZachTetra · May 9, 2020, 5:56pm

You are just looking for a circle on the ESC that has a white ring of silk screen and a pair of solder dots in the middle, it will probably be on one side so look for anything asymmetrical. Maybe it came off another board?

Venom121212 · May 9, 2020, 5:58pm

Nah it’s not on there.

Saturn_Corp · May 9, 2020, 5:59pm

Curious you just found that on the ground while doing basic mechanical maintenance. I think it might have come off something else; maybe from outside but yah check the pcb to be sure.

BigBen · May 9, 2020, 5:59pm

Looks more like the capacitors on the flipsky duals.

poloace · May 9, 2020, 6:03pm

I have a flipsky dual… it’s tiny- nothing on the dual is this big- here it is for comparison

Xtrakritical · May 9, 2020, 6:04pm

Did you find this in the house or outside?
I highly doubt it’s from your esc… (and hope not)

Xtra

poloace · May 9, 2020, 6:05pm

Inside! It hit the ground as i was working on the board- I’m HOPING it came from being lodged into the board somehow and falling out during adjustments- but it looks so cleqn. Could It be from a motor?