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  • Make-a-Wake
    FE Rules!
    • Nov 2009
    • 5557
    #1

    ICE 200HV cap problem/warning...

    Got my new ICE 200hv esc today.....................and it came only with stickers.

    No instruction sheet at all for starters...............but:

    WARNING: there is a batch of ICE 200hv controllers that came installed with the incorrect 35v caps..............mine is one of them.

    http://www.horizonhobby.com/ProdInfo/Files/CSEHYDRAXLHV-Bulletin.pdf
    Last edited by Make-a-Wake; 04-16-2011, 12:08 AM.
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    • Doug Smock
      Moderator
      • Apr 2007
      • 5272
      #2
      This came up a week or so ago. You are supposed to use the Hydra series control instructions.
      http://www.castlecreations.com/products/hydra.html
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        • Make-a-Wake
          FE Rules!
          • Nov 2009
          • 5557
          #3
          Thanks.

          Read my edited first post........................glad i ran over this issued warning. I would have had a bad problem had i plugged mine up.
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            • Doug Smock
              Moderator
              • Apr 2007
              • 5272
              #4
              Man that sucks. Sorry about that. Hate it for Castle also.

              Doug
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                • johnson22456
                  Counting down the days...
                  • Jul 2008
                  • 218
                  #5
                  I brought this up about a week ago. Mine had one 50v and one 35v cap. There supposed to be sending me out a new one.

                  Hope no one has had any trouble with them yet.

                  I wish they had took the time to print up a set of controller specific instructions. Seems to me that would be one of the first things you would do.
                  Hpr 115, Neu 1521 1.5d x2. Delta force Pirate, Insane 45" Neu 2230

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                    • Make-a-Wake
                      FE Rules!
                      • Nov 2009
                      • 5557
                      #6
                      Thats what i was thinking, a high dollar ESC and nothing to show how to do an initial setup???? Thats crazy...................

                      Gotta send mine back now anyways, with the wrong caps on it.........
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                        • scoota
                          FE DOWN UNDER
                          • Dec 2008
                          • 409
                          #7
                          Castle ESCs = Sorry to the castle guys, i have had every castle esc burn up on me , where i have cheep t180s that are few years old that i cant kill , work that one out i have a hydra 120 brand new in the box , that im to scared to plug in to anything . the last castle fire was it for me it was during battery plug in & i ended up with burnt fingers & finger nails Oh & one burnt , stinking boat

                          Lets hope the Ice ESCs prove to be better than the hydra line !!!! i think i will wait a while before giving Castle any more of my hard earnt money ....
                          Last edited by scoota; 04-16-2011, 01:31 AM.
                          UL1- 1515 castle/neu / 240 swordfish
                          SV27- with UL1 running gear
                          33 Delta Force - 1521-1.5D/Neu/ 240 swordfish/4S2P

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                            • fatboyelectric
                              Member
                              • Feb 2011
                              • 84
                              #8
                              I have to ask, Is anyone truly suprised? Optimistic modlers continue to buy castle controllers in hopes that maybe they got it right this time only to find out they havent. When considering the price of a Schulze and the product support of a company in Germany, boaters opt for Castle. I made that mistake repeatedly. Each time I would think, they have to have got it right this time, and was wrong every time. It sucks that Castle customers will continue to be involuntary R&D associates on their own coin. Adding insult to injury, Castle doesnt seem to learn from its rather large R&D community! Then when confronted by a weary boater, Castle will actually try to take a position of no guilt in the matter at all, knowing they make disfunctional products. Take note to this warning...The data logger on the new ICE units is not a feature for your benefit. They will avoid lots of warranty replacements by saying that they can tell from the data logger that the controller was misused.
                              Just for the record, Castle did replace all of my faulty escs with new ones but only because I was able to navagate their denial process. To this day they remain new in the box because I like my fingers too much to burn them again! I know I sound real negative and bitter but I am only 1 of many.

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