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emaxxnitro
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11.04.2008, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by castlemike View Post
If you were in full brake when the battery connector came unplugged, then it probably blew some FET's when that happened. Then you plug it back in and poof here comes the smoke. The voltage generated by braking has to go somewhere, without a battery to dump it into then the controller takes the brunt of it. Battery coming unplugged on a heavy vehicle during a full brake is usually bad.
i talked to my engineering buddie and he said at that motor speed its like a generator, and if anything comes unplugged the energy has no where to go. it will burn it up, that is a very logical explaniton . even without the brakes. its that dang deans plug! i better make the wires longer!


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