Hello chums

Thought I would flag up a potential safety issue if, like me, you use Lipo JST connectors as a quick and easy removable link.

Make sure that you wire in the removable link with the same polarity as the main battery link! In other words, wire the little JST connectors red-black : red-black like so.

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If you get this the wrong way round, then you run the risk of accidentally powering up your ESC the wrong way round.

I just managed to do this to poor little Gremlin, a few seconds later there was much smoke and crackling and a rapidly expanding lipo... Alas Gremlin now requires a new brain. 50 squid I aint getting back!

Can anyone recommend better solutions for AW removable links? If the battery can easily be disconnected, does one *actually* need a separate link?


All the best, 5C

P.S. don't eat bat soup, it has coronavirus.