chinese esc warranty

[Steven Vaccaro]

Did you change the throttle from the soft start mode?

[SJFE]

Steven are you going to offer the programing cards also?

[andym]

Heard back from feigao today and they are going to replace my esc! They say they will send to the Australian Dist and not to my home address, can not work that one out but as long as I get it I dont care. It just goes to show that if you feel hard done by be persistant and don't take no for an answer. I won't get to excited till I see it though!!

[Jeepers]

$100 a pop.

Hmmmmm. So far I have had my 125 replaced 4 times for free. (no joke) Lets see original cost+ a few dollars shipping and handling= way less than what a hundred dollars a pop would have cost me. I like Castle Creations!

[andym]

Yes Jeepers I agree have a couple hydra's now and keep the chineese as spares if something goes wrong. Like today
Hey am waiting to hear from castle re a warranty are they always slow?

[ReddyWatts]

Hmmm........ Like I said, it would be nice to have the option of no warranty. For racers or newbies that have a higher chance of loosing controllers, it would be best to get the warranty. These are also the people that make the warranty (insurance) rates so high for the rest of us. I have always tried to build fast/reliable setups and would come out better, without it.

When I got into brushless motors I lost 3 controllers in the first month. I then went on a realiablity crusade and have only lost one controller in the years since and that was because I stuffed it on a windy day. Another lesson learned. lol!!!

It is like collision insurance on your car. Do you need it or not. It all depends on the driver, if it will save them money.

[andym]

Yes Reddy I agree I am a bad man and should run 200amp plus esc's just to be on the safe side, but on the serious side have only had two esc problems and both were under very little amp draw at the time and both were brand spanking new. Have alot of esc's that get a hidding on a regular basis and have had no problems, so over all I think two out of about 10 over the last few years is quite good.

[ReddyWatts]

I know we will not ever see a "No Warranty" option. I was just trying to say that (IMO) warranty is what makes the controllers so expensive. They are fairly cheap to manufacture. The chinese have proven this. I would guess that CC makes their controllers for under $25 a piece. Warranty and repair drives the cost up.

[andym]

I doubt whether they cost that much I have been told that the 100 amo hv esc that UN hobbies sell which by all accounts are a very good unit are manufatured for less than $10.00. Have a freind who is a electrical tech and recons he can build a 250 plus amp unit for under $50.00. Have thrown down the gauntlet and asked him to build one. He is researching as we speak and says his only problem is size.

[ReddyWatts]

Is he going to warranty them??? lol!!!

[andym]

I doubt and knowing him will cost double and only be half as good as he says. On the other hand if they are good we just might sell them for $ 250.00 with a very slow warranty. We can call them Palace Macrocosm HAHA

[ReddyWatts]

Dang, the chinese are still winning. lol!!!