joshreynolds777
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Picked up a used RedCat Rampage MT from mopar-jake, love it. Nicely set up, new condition.
Got it all hooked up, i thought right, all the testing went fine. I took the fail safe out because I didnt know how to install it, and added my little voltage meter. and installed my brand new DX3s radio system.
About 15 minutes of fun play, i felt a little slugishness in the response, so I walked over and noticed my voltage meter was badly smoking, and smoke was also pooring out of the reciever lid cracks.
I killed everything and found that pretty much averything was fried and melted to eachother.
Could I have hooked up a neg to pos and or vice versa?
Seems like if I;d have done that it wouldnt work right away.
The first thing that was different about this install was the dirrections that jake sent me for the 1/4scale servo, it came with a y harness and said it needed to be hooked up straight to the rx pack, cool, fine, hooked it up accorning to the dirrections, except that I was using an on and off switch.
What in the world happened. ????
I was thinking that the volt meter wasnt rated for that many volts and fried taking everything else with it for a fifteen minute burn. But I could still read the top of it, it showed good for 4.8V-6.0V
Help me out guys, I don't want this to happen again
Thanks in advance
-JOSH
PS If there is a better spot for this thread, let me know
Got it all hooked up, i thought right, all the testing went fine. I took the fail safe out because I didnt know how to install it, and added my little voltage meter. and installed my brand new DX3s radio system.
About 15 minutes of fun play, i felt a little slugishness in the response, so I walked over and noticed my voltage meter was badly smoking, and smoke was also pooring out of the reciever lid cracks.
I killed everything and found that pretty much averything was fried and melted to eachother.
Could I have hooked up a neg to pos and or vice versa?
Seems like if I;d have done that it wouldnt work right away.
The first thing that was different about this install was the dirrections that jake sent me for the 1/4scale servo, it came with a y harness and said it needed to be hooked up straight to the rx pack, cool, fine, hooked it up accorning to the dirrections, except that I was using an on and off switch.
What in the world happened. ????
I was thinking that the volt meter wasnt rated for that many volts and fried taking everything else with it for a fifteen minute burn. But I could still read the top of it, it showed good for 4.8V-6.0V
Help me out guys, I don't want this to happen again
Thanks in advance
-JOSH
PS If there is a better spot for this thread, let me know