Interested to learn otherwise, but I find it difficult to believe enough water will travel the 6" -12" from motor to VESC, between the copper strands and insulation, to cause problems inside the enclosure. Especially if your wiring orientation isn’t a downward angle from motor to enclosure (i.e. the common vertical wiring from motor). And if this is a real concern, a dab of silicone sealant / potting compound at the VESC end should close up a possible opening, assuming abrasion doesn’t cause a break somewhere else.
If we’re just talking inside a loose jacket, totally plausible.
Has anyone had this happen to them?
Edit:
May be worth considering wet rated wire, i.e. MTW wire
Maybe obvious, but an important note nonetheless -
Unless your enclosure/deck geometry doesn’t allow for some reason (pre-drilled), your screws (and mounting holes) need to go OUTSIDE your enclosure gasket. Otherwise you’ve sealed your electronics up all tidy… and then drilled 10 nice new ingress points
I’ve had that happen not just on esk8s but also the house I used to own, water entered the main breaker box in the basement, by coming in through the power wire, between the conductors and the insulation around the cable.
I used corrosion x waterproof spray on my previous board. I highly recommend. Watch this:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s4z8QMgTEA4 I also put a decadent pack inside the enclosure and silicone caulking around it and the wire holes. I went through lots of water no problem.
I tried this before and recommend avoiding it. It’s too runny, it smells really bad and doesn’t seem to work super well, IDK.
If I could find mine, i’d offer it for free; I’ll definitely never use it again. Probably a moot point as shipping would overpower the purchase price, and I have no idea where it is and I’ve moved since I last saw it.
Really? The smell isn’t too bad. It’s a spray it’s exactly what I expected. I just followed what they did in the video. What matters is if it makes electronics waterproof. From the video it is amazing and from my experience I say yes too. Before I added the silicone, I went through water for about month with just corrosion x and some water had gone in (watermark turned red) but nothing got damaged. Then I added silicone.
So to confirm, you’re saying put this end enclosure side.
If so, I didn’t realise that the female had any holes that went through the connector. As such, do you have any fears of the exposed pins being an issue on the male connector?
Question for those with top mounted enclosure boxes (MTB) -
If you’re mounting the box to the deck with fasteners, how are you sealing the fastener holes in the enclosure?
It seems like ratchet straps, velcro, or fasteners are the usual mounting options. Neither of the first two seems permanent or resistant enough to movement without eventually coming loose, via crash, jump, or something else.
No haha I believe you. I’m not using straps bc I’ve got a pelican style case that opens. Not trying to remove straps every time I need to open the case.
i open my case every time i charge my board, all you have to do is loosen it a tiny bit and push it off to the side, and then put back in place when your donw and pull
only tine j fully remove my straps is if i’mworking on the board or something abd the straps get in the way
the way the tiedown straps work make it really easy to work with, worth a shot before you go with big screws
i got @whaddys on board ans he’s using it to great success on his big boy
I’ve read most of this and was just curious if there’s anyone with a Backfire Ranger X3 in here?
curious how they are at staying dry inside. gonna try to make sure mine is as water tight as possible, wanted to see if someone has already waterproofed one.
I think I do know how to go about it. Thanks to you all!