Yeah, its kind of an obscure ESC, but it was actually highly recommended to me by a member on another forum. It can handle up to 11.1v lipo brushed or brushless motors and is waterproof. I got the ESC and tuning card (which plugs into the esc to program everything - basically same stuff as Castle link software) for 25 bucks shipped! I just couldn't pass it up for that price!

As for my problem, got it all sorted. Turned out to be a plug issue! Now that its fixed its pouring outside, and dont really want to risk frying my new system! Talk about torture! Anyhoo, thanks for the input!