Who let the smoke out? Who? Who? Viper RV15
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Who let the smoke out? Who? Who? Viper RV15
Yeah... I let the magic smoke out of an Mtroniks Viper RV15 today.
I charged up one of my old 1500 mah NiCad sport pack, dropped it into the truck, the servo centered and the motor started making some noise like I needed to reset the neutral point, within a couple seconds smoke was pouring out of my esc, I yanked the deans plug as fast as I could, but it's definately FUBAR. The Positive input wire desoldered itself and completely ejected itself from the esc. With what happened, I'm thinking it managed a deadshort somewhere inside the potted electronics. I'll grab a pic when I find the camera.
The mtroniks Limited Warranty looks like it probably will NOT be willing to help me since I swapped from a Tamiya connector to a Deans Ultra, yes I had the polarity right on all parts concerned.
"Mtroniks Ltd. guarantee this product to be free from factory defects for 24 months from purchase date, verified by reciepts. This does not cover... ...alteration to original connectors, switches, or wires (apart from the fitting of an in-line fuse)..."
So, should I even bother trying to contact mtronics about a possible warranty claim, or am I just fucked and out $40 + shipping?
I charged up one of my old 1500 mah NiCad sport pack, dropped it into the truck, the servo centered and the motor started making some noise like I needed to reset the neutral point, within a couple seconds smoke was pouring out of my esc, I yanked the deans plug as fast as I could, but it's definately FUBAR. The Positive input wire desoldered itself and completely ejected itself from the esc. With what happened, I'm thinking it managed a deadshort somewhere inside the potted electronics. I'll grab a pic when I find the camera.
The mtroniks Limited Warranty looks like it probably will NOT be willing to help me since I swapped from a Tamiya connector to a Deans Ultra, yes I had the polarity right on all parts concerned.
"Mtroniks Ltd. guarantee this product to be free from factory defects for 24 months from purchase date, verified by reciepts. This does not cover... ...alteration to original connectors, switches, or wires (apart from the fitting of an in-line fuse)..."
So, should I even bother trying to contact mtronics about a possible warranty claim, or am I just fucked and out $40 + shipping?
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Who wants to see some Carnage?!?!!
The red wire used to live in the hole inboard of the yellow wire, and all those little shiney dot things aft of the ESC are balls of solder it sprayed forth while the magic smoke was escaping.
I don't think I can recrimp crappy Tamiya connectors back on convincingly enough but like you said I'll have to try and see how much proof of a bad esc they want.
The red wire used to live in the hole inboard of the yellow wire, and all those little shiney dot things aft of the ESC are balls of solder it sprayed forth while the magic smoke was escaping.
I don't think I can recrimp crappy Tamiya connectors back on convincingly enough but like you said I'll have to try and see how much proof of a bad esc they want.
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more talking to myself...
Yesterday I was reading on another forum about some Novak Rooster Crawler problems, and the novak employed guy on the board said they will waranty their stuff despite a swapped plug if it wasn't a fubar hack-job.
In light of that, I finally sent off a message to Mtroniks, explained what happened, told them about the plug swap, and asked how limited their limited warranty really is on some issues.
The Mtroniks reply:
Hi,
If you return your ESC we will certainly take a look at it for you!
We are usually quite lenient on the connector issue!
Regards,
Paul
Mtroniks Ltd.
Hopefully when they take a look at it, I won't loose the deans ultra or the recciever power cable I had to install on it.
Yesterday I was reading on another forum about some Novak Rooster Crawler problems, and the novak employed guy on the board said they will waranty their stuff despite a swapped plug if it wasn't a fubar hack-job.
In light of that, I finally sent off a message to Mtroniks, explained what happened, told them about the plug swap, and asked how limited their limited warranty really is on some issues.
The Mtroniks reply:
Hi,
If you return your ESC we will certainly take a look at it for you!
We are usually quite lenient on the connector issue!
Regards,
Paul
Mtroniks Ltd.
Hopefully when they take a look at it, I won't loose the deans ultra or the recciever power cable I had to install on it.
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They did hook me up with a new RV-15. Downside is I lost my Deans Ultra and the Rx power harness, not sure if they forgot it or if it was lost due to customs opening package.
Guess I'm going to the hobby shop for connectors, wonder if I'll be able to resist getting a lower turn mod motor...
Guess I'm going to the hobby shop for connectors, wonder if I'll be able to resist getting a lower turn mod motor...
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They took care of me pretty well. International shipping is not so good though. If you're gonna have something break, try and have their headquarters be domestic.
Uh, weren't you all about Ford like TWO months ago, and now your sig is pony-bashing? Maybe that *for life* is a bit strong...SHAUN wrote:I'm Tekin and Novak for life
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SHAUN wrote:I'm Tekin and Novak for life
Maybe he has finally seen the light (of his 1987 Monte Carlo Aero Coupe) and figured out that Ford stands for Fix Or Repair Daily.frizzen wrote:Uh, weren't you all about Ford like TWO months ago, and now your sig is pony-bashing? Maybe that *for life* is a bit strong...
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