Electronizers smoking

[Danjr1]

let us know how you get on with them!

[grant_ploughbot]

One minor possibility that it could be, but it's been YEARS since we've actively used Electronize is that if I remember correctly they are grounded through the base. I had to make sure that there was no way that the metal back of the speed controller's were touching a metal surface that could short anything out. We blew a few up before we worked it out about 7 or 8 years back. Might not be the issue, but if your running of an RX pack and the mixer/RX still work I would be tempted to think its more on an ESC problem. Hard to tell without pictures etc.

[Max]

I had the 2 metal bits back to back and both touching my metal base plate so that could be the problem, I will call them today to see what they think/will do

[mattsdragons]

thats goods knowledge for me, was about to mount my esc's on my metal base

[typhoon_driver]

I've mounted them several times on metal base and never had an issue. I did something similar a while back with an electronize. Can't really remember how it happened but after replacing the servo wire that burned out, it was the black one and soldering the tracks in my receiver it was fine. You didn't let the bec wires in the controller touch the chassis did you?

[PJ-27]

Funny you should mention that Grant, we had a similar problem with Bitza Mk1, created all sorts of shorts and what not, but mounting the metal base to more metal was a far to convince solution to pass up. So I just made sure everything was well insulated!

The base being earthed does explain a few things.

[Max]

I spoke to electronize and they were very helpful and told me just to replace the wires which I've done and it now works. Apparently I may have had my receiver battery a different polarity to my main battery polarity but I'm not sure. Hopefully it won't happen again (or at the champs)