Okay Im Starting to get frustrated.

[WrknItUp]

Okay i just got my SeaKing 90amp esc lastnight. Got everything setup new stiletto 1800kv motor on 4s. RAN GREAT! For about 3 mins, then throttle glitched 4 or 5 times and now nothing. No throttle no steering no nothing! ESC NEVER MADE IT TO 100 Degrees! Motor was also under 100. Batts were at 87. What in the hell happened?! Could the BEC have stopped working and can i fix it?!??!

[britscoot]

I feel ya on the seaking esc's
I bought the 180,put plugs on it and got nothing but a flashing light.
Sent it back and got a new replacement in a week from Cali.
also had a 120 that took a dump after 3 mins.
Can you send it back?

[Doby]

Try using an external battery pack.

[BakedMopar]

It may be the Bec. Pull the red pin out of the plug and put a battery pack (6v) directly to the rx. If this fixed your problem then you can decide if your going to use an ibex or rx pack as your internal bec is toast.

[WrknItUp]

Okay i tried disconnecting the BEC and using a AA pack. Nothing is working still. The program box still wont function the ESC wont so much as chirp more less beep attached to the motor. The rudder turns from the RX pack but motor will not do anything?!!?! I just sent in the product return form so well see how long this freaken takes to get done. GR!

[BakedMopar]

When you disconnect the BEC fom the esc you need to power up the program box with a rx pack too. If the esc doesn't even beep like its waiting for a signal then it probably toast.

[WrknItUp]

Yeah nothings working with the rx pack either im sending the esc back Monday morning. Wait weeks to get junk, If you even get it at all is getting old!

[Fluid]

I thought that Castle controllers were the only ones that were junk, and that the sainted Chinese ESCs were the salvation of the hobby......

I am sorry for the OP's bad experience. It is happenings like this that discourage so many new boaters from continuing in the hobby. Certainly some of the fault lies with the makers of the controllers, but boaters share part or much of the blame.

We don't know the entire story here and I am not saying the OP did anything wrong - this is just a good place to mention that so many ESC failures are owner-caused. I get e-mails all the time asking about a boater's ESC failure. Usually - not always - I can find an answer.

Common owner errors are:

- Failure to read the instructions.
- Not linking/calibrating the ESC before first use.
- Running the ESC wide open on the bench.
- Running too much timing advance.
- Running the ESC when not connected to the motor.
- Poor soldering/contacts on the motor connectors.
- Power wires way too long.
- Using inadequate cells for the amp draw of the system.
- Running 1P packs on high-amp setups instead of 2P.
- Reversing polarity.
- Over-amping the ESC with overly-aggressive setups.
- Running the ESC too long at a time so that it overheats.
- Running a controller which does not spark on connection.
- Forgetting that damage is cumulative and may not show up for some time after the cause.
- Forgetting that like most electronic items we use today, ESCs have an operational lifetime and they do wear out.

I very seldom have ESC problems unless I have abused the controller running SAWs - and I race a lot. Am I just lucky? Probably not, I am careful not to make the mistakes above. I use adequate cells, not the cheap Chinese stuff. I use 2P on all but spec setups. I pay attention to what I am doing when hooking up the ESC and to what the controller is telling me (sparking, temperature, operation). I have seen some controllers smoke when being plugged in for the very first time, so unless the boater reversed the polarity earlier, those problems were probably the maker's.

It is human nature to want to blame others for a problem, and with ESCs sometimes that's the right thing to do.



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[WrknItUp]

Yeah im like you read read read. Understand more, break less. In this case the ESC was brand new out of the package like 25 30 mins total before ran. Long enough to mount program time and test. Quick throttle blip to check prop spin and make sure rudder turns. Turn system off head to the water. Turn back on set in water 2 x2s1p. Run two laps around the pond at most 500 to 700 feet total each lap not very big constant circle. Every thing functioning fine checked motor temps nothing was over 100 esc motor batts nothing. Ran again about the 5th lap headed back in to check temps again the throttle blipped on its own and died. Checked temps when it coasted to the bank and everything was still under 100 degrees water temps here are still around 70

[lectriglide]

Did you check to make sure the cooling line fittings going into the cooling plate were tight? I've had several Turningy and Seaking esc's that had very loose fittings that could be turned by hand and I'm sure would have leaked.

[WrknItUp]

Nah nothing leaked or had gotten wet. Ive fought for a long time to have waterproof boats! I think it was just a bad ESC from the company.

[ray schrauwen]

I can bet you won't use on board BEC again.

Gave up on that years ago.

[cybercrxt]

What prop were you running at the time? Mike

[Make-a-Wake]

For not a whole lot more, and less shipping cost you can invest in this.........and have the customer service and backing of the product that Steven gives.

http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/pro...=hef-sword-120

[WrknItUp]

I was using the stock composite 1.6x2.5 BJ prop at the time. Yes the BEC function is dead to me now. What else can i do besides sand the fretts on the esc down for the cooling plate and disable the bec?