Intermittent voltage drop on 12s to <32V (possible short?)

[MacKeeper28]

@Fatglottis

I dont know how you have it mounted, but my guess here is that you run the XT90S as a connector on the battery (not as a series connector with a loose bridged XT90 connector for start up).
Correct?

I’m not sure quite what you mean by this, but i have the XT90S run as a break in the positive wire between the battery and the ESC.

@b264

When you use the loop key, make sure you push the plug in ALL THE WAY every time you use it. If it’s only partially plugged and you ride around on it, you will burn up the resistor inside the key, requiring you to make another one.

I was under the impression that if the resistor blew, the only negative effect would be a spark when the loopkey is plugged in. That isn’t happening, so I assumed the connector was fine enough to continue using. I could be completely wrong about this though, so I’ll definitely try a new XT90S.

@longhairedboy

are the cells well balanced? What is the health of the pack like?

The cells are just over a year old and stay within 0.012V of each other at all times. Right now they’re reading within 0.006V.