I am still on the learning curve with this hobby. Today, I found out that the electronics in my Zelos 36 are not as water proof as I thought. I should have known better.
As we know, from time to time, some water gets into these boats. I have been very diligent to clean up and spray everything down with WD40. However, what I failed to realize is that on the heavy gauge power leads going to the ESC's, there are 2 caps that are wrapped in shrink wrap. They are not sealed very well. Over the short time that I have run this boat, water spray got in there and wiped out the caps and the bases they are attached to, shorting them out. On one of the ESC's, the small gauge wires coming from the power switch , burned up and melted together.
I need to replace them both. This time, I have to come up with a way to fully waterproof them. I will come up with something to do so.
I looked at a bunch of posts where you guys have upgraded your ESC's. Turnigy, Castle, SeaKing to name some. As my stock ones are now junk, my intentions are to upgrade them, so in the future, I can upgrade the motors without having to get new ESC's again. If I don't go with the stock ESC's, how do I program the new ones? Would it be the same as stock ?
Any recommendations?
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