I'm an Idiot!

**PJ-27** · 27th June 2011, 17:09

Just plugged a battery into my 2x10 Sabertooth with the polarity reversed (deans wired differently...) little pop and hiss, and now it's not working.

The instructions say It will DESTROY the Sabertooth (Their wording, my caps...)

Anyway, I can't afford to buy another Sabertooth, so anyone got any ideas of how to fix it?

Just about to check the capacitors, but they look fine. On the underside though there is a nice burn mark in between 2 of the TPC8071's. (Can't think what they're called.....)

Thanks!

**Anttazz** · 27th June 2011, 17:13

Send it back and tell them it came like that

**Mouldy** · 27th June 2011, 17:26

Standardize your deans connections before buying a new one... Look at the deans connector head on so the connections look like a T.... put the horizontal connector as your possitive and your verticle connection as your neutral... thats what i do.

Ive got a 2x10a kicking around if you cant get urse repaired, ill sell you it cheap.

**typhoon_driver** · 27th June 2011, 17:31

Drop them an email and ask what is likely to have gone. And yes you are an idiot

**jonny** · 27th June 2011, 17:32

i'd email dimension engineering and see if they'd be able to repair it if you sent it to them. although the postage/repair costs may be almost as much as buying a new sabretooth

**widow_twanky** · 27th June 2011, 18:05

If it's less than a year old the dimension engineering do a 'no quibble' guarentee. I've done this before and they replaced it without a problem.

You wont get charged for it but those nice people at customs and excise may want their pound of flesh on the return journey.

Andy

**PJ-27** · 27th June 2011, 18:27

Sorry should have mentioned, it's 2nd hand. It already had Deans connectors on it, wired the opposite way round I do it, hence my stupid event.

I've emailed Dimension Engineering, but in the manual after the DESTROYED statement it says If you are stupid enough to wire it the wrong way round it'll void your warranty So I'm not expecting much from them...

I've checked the capacitors, they're fine. On the underside, the copper plate between a couple of the TPC8071's has broken apart, and a tiny little black component (don't know what these are, there are 6 in total on the back and some have 3 digit numbers) was all black and burnt, so I'm assuming that's kaput........

I might have to take you up on that Dave.

Cheers Gary

**PJ-27** · 22nd July 2011, 10:01

Just a quick update on this.

Dimension Engineering offered to replace my controller (despite it being my fault) and sent me out a new one. Very impressed!

Unfortunately they haven't sent the R/C version (which is what I had) and with those 2 big heat sinks now doesn't fit in my robot....