Plugging them in really slowly is also bad. Just jam those suckers in hard
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Did you use a loop key or even antispark XTs?
Yes I used an XT90 Anti-spark connecter
I used a Maker X " E-BOARD DUAL ESCS GO-FOC DV4 BASE ON VESC4"
I used xt60 connecters between the vesc and battery which shorted out and smoked up.
Replaced it with an xt90 anti spark connector which had a spark when I plugged it in on the positive side.
The problem is there’s no on/ off failsafe so the moment the terminals in the connecter touch, they take the full charge before they can handle it.
Are anti spark connectors still supposed to spark and smoke but just less??
Uh
What now mate
?? why? did you plug it in backwards lmao
Pics?
That’s the point of the XT-90s…
No connector should ever spark or smoke.
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you plugged in the XT90-S too slowly. you should replace it and when you plug in the new one plug it in fast. just ram the connectors together.
No I didn’t jam it in fast enough so 100% of the current went through before 100% of the connecter wasn’t plugged in being able to support it.
Also fuck you with the condensation
Bro I did it once and waited two weeks for the part no way I have to replace already
chill out he’s trying to help.
and with small cheap parts like connectors you should always order extra, just in case of things like this.
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Chill lmao
nothing I said was false, I responded that way because you said a lot of concerning things in one paragraph
No antispark should actually spark, I have them on like 7 boards and none of them spark, but like tech says you plug it in fast not slow
Can you share pics of your setup
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no. you can blow the resistor inside the antispark connector and if so it will spark. you are just good at plugging them in fast enough so you’ve never personally experienced an issue.
Nah I’m saying the resistor shouldn’t blow, if it does it was probably faulty - I plug them in, in idk, 1 second and its fine? If the resistor hasn’t blown - there is no spark. That’s the whole point
This is why I wanna see pics to see if something else is weird
Have yours sparked before?
I’ve had a couple XT90-S that I’ve plugged in too slow and blown the resistor. one that happened a couple days ago, and I noticed the spark when I reconnected it recently. wasn’t a faulty connector until I made it faulty.
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Oh weird. Hm. Yeah, good to have a couple extra around. One time I lost one in my house so I made another, and then found the orignal
Now I have an extra and it’s come in handy a couple times haha
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IMO anyone doing loopkeys should just order a bag of 10 or 20 of them just to have extras on hand.
nothing kills the vibe like losing your loopkey before a ride.
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Lol ya not a bad idea, I always carry an extra one in my backpack in case someone else forgets one or I accidentally leave one at home
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Can you upload a picture? If the XT60s shorted, the ESC should be ok since that happened upstream. The real question is what the XT90S is doing, since the on/off failsafe is in the connector itself. That shouldn’t be sparking, unless there’s a bad solder job that got solder where it shouldn’t be or some shift in the plugs inside the plastic if it was heated too long.
And no, there should never be any smoke with electronics. That only happens when something has gone horribly wrong.
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Antari M-5 enters the chat
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How do the variable speed modes on most remotes work? My theory is that since it only affects acceleration and not speed, it could be remapping the throttle min and max calibration to smaller values. That also could explain why you have to run the input wizard from the highest speed mode.
Remotes don’t typically control speed. Or at least, not directly.
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