Electronizers smoking

Just did first test of my new robot centrifuge and all was going great, really destructive! But then there was a spark and smoke started coming out of the bot and I thought it was my lipo so ran inside to get something to through over it as I couldn't unplug the lipo. As I ran back to it it had stopped smoking but there were some sparks I went in to unplug the receiver battery as blade started to spin and then I noticed the wires coming out of the to the mixer had become all crispy and melted away on both of them. Does anyone know what happened or what I should do? I've checked and the other wires on the electronize seem fine, I should also mention I was using a giant cod mixer and the wires between the receiver and mixer were fine.

Also having taken them apart 1 resistor in both of them has gone black if that helps

It looks like I could re-solder the wires onto the circuit board, is there anything I should know before doing it? Also I don't want to re-solder it to find the same problem again, does it sound like it's an electrical problem or a problem with the wires?

I know I'm quite new here, but if your resistors died I think there was a voltage surge. The resistors will need replacing because obviously they are protective parts.

are you running a seperate BEC or one off the Electronize?

I don't think the 30amp Escs have becs so I was using a separate receiver battery

And thinking about it maybe there was a voltage sege but I don't know why there would have been one?

I would be more tempted to say it was your mixer, doubt it would be a surge if running a RX battery. Try a couple of old servos in the mixer see if that and a rx still work. How bad are the cables on the elctronize, you might be able to try them if you put them straight into the RX and not through the mixer.

Just tested and mixer works fine on servos, but had problems removing connectors going from electronize to mixer as the connectors had also melted together and got stuck to the mixer but managed in the end, can't test electronizers as there is a lot of uninsulated wires which I saw sparking when I returned to the bot, maybe they shorted across the wires? Although that shouldn't make both electronizers smoke? Should I give electronize a call tommorow to see what they suggest/ see if they will replace them if it wasn't my fault?

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Originally Posted by Max

Should I give electronize a call tommorow to see what they suggest/ see if they will replace them if it wasn't my fault?

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Judging by their recent attitude towards Eventorizon/Alex Botwright, they'll probably want nothing to do with it and will refuse to sell you any more.