Hmmm...
I'm going to feel kinda guilty if any of my buddies has one take a dump and they lose $200 worth of rx/servo.

"Friends Don't Let Friends Use a CCBEC"

LOL!!!

wow this post scares me, i thought that the 3 ccbec's i bought were helping keep my stuff safe not putting it at risk.

since i race and weight is very important whould i remove them all?

if a ccbec smokes my stuff what is castle going to do about it?

Yup, that should work. Once the output voltage exceeds the zener voltage, there will be enough current flow through the resistor to bias the transistor, which will dump the voltage to ground, which will then blow the fuse.

Yeah that was what I meant. Sorry, I was too lazy to draw up a schematic, upload it to photobucket, and post it here. :mdr: One small difference is that I would put the circuit across the power leads, but have it triggered from the output. Although you see full voltage either way, attaching it straight across the batteries (input) instead of the output of the BEC would allow for faster current rise and the fuse would blow sooner...

I'm gonna hang onto it for a little while as a backup, but you definitely have dibs. :)

man i got three of them new, now u ppl scared me !!

My first one smoked, and took a nice MG Race servo with it. Castle was cool and replaced the BEC free of charge, but that didn't save me any money when getting a new servo.

I sold my second CC-Bec and bought a no-name brand that seems to work well.

You really think a no-name brand bec will be better made that a castle one?

I love my RX packs :lol:.

It's not a question of whether not 'I think' it will be better, I've used a couple of these cheapies from ebay with a lot of success. If it was just a random purchase, I wouldn't be able to say.

The only CC Bec I bought did exactly what the OP wrote in his complaint... It burned up (wired properly on 3s lipo) and took an expensive servo with it.

I love the cool stuff castle offers, and they serviced the BEC for free (replaced). But I feel obliged to share my experiences with others, especially in a thread where many are experiencing similar failures.