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Sent an early version 180a Seaking esc back to rcmodelland (compassho2005 on ebay) for repair over 4 months ago and am still waiting. In the meantime I bought a similar used replacement (ebay) and all was well until my bearings seized (sealed non-stainless
) on my Powerjet jet drive taking out the replacement as well.
So I decided to try and fix it myself and bought some hi temp (130c vs 105c) replacement caps. Long story short - it didn't fix it. It still just beeps every two seconds or so and nothing else works. Maybe it needs to be reset somehow or maybe something else fried with the caps. Dunno. But what I do know is I'm going to take my caps back off, along with the wires/connectors and the water heat sink and give the rest a burial in the circular coffin.
After this and the 150A Etti demise I have decided to give those cheapochina 200A esc's a try. I'll already have a heat sink for it and maybe I can use these caps as well. The soft start feature that I'm not too fond of will probably be it's saving grace in this esc eating jetboat - since it's when I jump her out of the water and the amps spike to high heaven that takes out the speedos (but it is so fun to watch happen!). Maybe I'll make/install a cap bank as well (though it didn't seem to help the Etti!). mo' money mo' money mo' money argh!
) on my Powerjet jet drive taking out the replacement as well. So I decided to try and fix it myself and bought some hi temp (130c vs 105c) replacement caps. Long story short - it didn't fix it. It still just beeps every two seconds or so and nothing else works. Maybe it needs to be reset somehow or maybe something else fried with the caps. Dunno. But what I do know is I'm going to take my caps back off, along with the wires/connectors and the water heat sink and give the rest a burial in the circular coffin.
After this and the 150A Etti demise I have decided to give those cheapochina 200A esc's a try. I'll already have a heat sink for it and maybe I can use these caps as well. The soft start feature that I'm not too fond of will probably be it's saving grace in this esc eating jetboat - since it's when I jump her out of the water and the amps spike to high heaven that takes out the speedos (but it is so fun to watch happen!). Maybe I'll make/install a cap bank as well (though it didn't seem to help the Etti!). mo' money mo' money mo' money argh!
So it's just the bec that bit the dust. That means the esc and the receiver get power from the bec. That's why both the receiver and speed control stopped working. Wasn't thinking that. Can't thank you enough, 
Sdg.
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