Seaking Boat ESC recalled by factory

[DINO7]

my 120A seaking worked fine for two times.15 and 3 minutes.in the third time....nothing.no power to the motor.just the BEC worked...

[Brod]

My 120 was the opposite,bec went on 4S,wired a ubec,then the whole esc died,no burn, no smell, just a dead esc..
My 180's are running fine,even after a total drowning in salt water on one ..
Brod...

[sailr]

Just goes to show there is no perfect set pattern of failure of any of the esc's we are using. I hope the one mentioned in a post above about a new design coming out of Australia ends up being something more reliable.

[Brod]

I will have ten of the NEW 180A Seakings and program boxes in here as soon as they are released.

Will you be able to post some pics of the 'version2' 180's when they arrive?
Mine were bought very recent,it will be interesting to see if there is any differance..
Brod..

[sailr]

Yes, I will do that.

[ghostofpf1]

I wonder if this applies to all the seaking esc's?? I was just going to order a 90 amp version and am leery now..
Steve

[lomdel]

Is this Ver. 2 one possibly the new reworked version? http://www.hobbywing.com/english/Pro...Name=Brushless System for Boat

[ozzie-crawl]

my 120a was the same as brods, was probably pushing its limits a bit but the bec died after 90 seconds so put on a ubec and esc just died about 4-5 sec after plugging battery up. when the bec died the esc wasnt overl warm either

[sailr]

No. That is the version that was recalled. Newest one still not out yet.

Is this Ver. 2 one possibly the new reworked version? http://www.hobbywing.com/english/Pro...Name=Brushless System for Boat

[sailr]

I doubt there will be any physical change to the ones with the BUG fixed. I would imagine they are modifying what they already had. Not sure though. Will try to keep you posted. I'm waiting for a shipment of them. The bad news...my shipment hasn't come in. the good news....I'll be getting the updated ones!

Will you be able to post some pics of the 'version2' 180's when they arrive?
Mine were bought very recent,it will be interesting to see if there is any differance..
Brod..

[Brod]

Thanks sailr,i kinda expected no exterior change but you never know.
Seems abit of a bummer that lots of us have recently bought a 'recalled' unit.
saying that mine seem to be running ok on 4,5 and 6S AT THE MOMENT..LOL..

Wondering if we could send them back to Hobbywing for upgrade?
Brod..

[sailr]

I really don't know. You could go to www.hobbywing.com and try sending them an e-mail. Other than that you could contact whomever you bought it from. I have a feeling that the 'bug' didn't show up in ALL of the products. It may just effect the latest production run. I would say if yours is working OK, be happy.

Thanks sailr,i kinda expected no exterior change but you never know.
Seems abit of a bummer that lots of us have recently bought a 'recalled' unit.
saying that mine seem to be running ok on 4,5 and 6S AT THE MOMENT..LOL..

Wondering if we could send them back to Hobbywing for upgrade?
Brod..

[Tony]

I bought a 180 SeaKing esc (version2) on fleabay. So, is it the one w/o the "short" problem?

[sailr]

Anything you bought recently probably has the bug. In my opinion, Fleabay dealers should NOT be selling them right now because of the recall.

I bought a 180 SeaKing esc (version2) on fleabay. So, is it the one w/o the "short" problem?

[sean450]

I purchased my 120 about a month ago. Do you think it has the Bug you were referring to?