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6 rolls of the silicone repair tape here for $28 including shipping:
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99 cent stores only in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Texas. Bummer.Mini Cat Racing USA
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That's exactly what I did for the receiver in my airboat - opened the case to a cheap HK OrangeRX Spektrum-compatible receiver and loaded both halves with clear silicone, plugged a couple servo extensions into the board for the channels I needed to use, then put the board back in the case and closed it up. All that was left was to clean all the silicone off the case that pooched out through the seams when it was all pressed together. Air/water tight.
And then I just bought a can of plasti-dip yesterday and used that on the speed control board, conveniently able to leave the heatsink exposed too. Works great for me.Comment
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Diesel;
I used to work F-4's at one time when I was in the AF.
Believe me, with out F4 Tape, those hogs would still be on the ground.Comment
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hey diesel have u ever done the coating on servo innards? it would be nice to have a waterproof servo . considering traxxas has their supposed wp servos that most arent as i have had one fail on my summit because of water getting into a steer servo . any advice?Comment
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Haven't tried the servos... I guess I have another project to try lol. Ill tear apart a spare servo and see what I can figure out one of these days. On a positive the rx and esc's I have waterproofed have been running flawless (knock on wood) since.
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Conformal coating works well too http://www.amazon.com/MG-Chemicals-S...7255249&sr=8-2, I get it from Frys. I've also got a GPS that's been encapsulated in casting epoxy and it's worked perfect for the last couple of years, saw the Traxxas guys with one done this way. And for the servos I've started using the new waterproof Hitec ones, http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hitec-HS-564...item58919fb29d
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The acrylic would be a little stronger than the silicon, http://www.mgchemicals.com/products/419b.html. There's also a stripper if you need to remove it for any reason.Comment
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Don't know if this has been mentioned before but this is "rubber tape" used for electrical splicing up to 600V. I'll have to try this on a 200A Birdie ESC I need to WP.Comment
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Anyone ever use a hot glue gun? Seems like it may make a nice coating.Steven Vaccaro
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I find it so easy --and effective-- to simply give my ESCs an overnight soak in CorrosionX, I've never tried any other means of waterproofing. If only the stuff didn't smell so damn bad.... :-)
Take it easy,
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I have been using Heavy Duty Liquid Nails and then I go over it with Plastic Dip. Been working fine so far. Not the prettiest but gets the job done. Here is one that I just did and is drying. Takes about a day. Then I will put on the black Plastic Dip with a brush, both to seal once again and so it doesn't look so freak'n ugly
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Sure seems with all this work a simple plastic box and sealed around the inlets and wires would be just as good. You are already killing any possible air cooling the ESC may need and you are now keeping that heat in. Water alone is not getting all this heat out. Just my 2 cents...they make tons of different size small plastic boxes with snap lids...even small tupperware boxes are aire tight. Not sure you are looking for total submerging or just somethig to keep most water out if you blow a lid off. US plastics and others have any size box you can think of with snap lids. I prefer not to put all that stuff in an ESC if I ever have to get back in to it. KISS is what I like.Last edited by Jeff Wohlt; 01-26-2012, 12:53 AM.Comment
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