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Originally Posted by hemiblas
Why not just cut the switch off and solder the wires together, again going nowhere near the circuit board. I'm not sure I have found a use for the switch yet since you are not supposed to leave the batteries plugged in anyway.
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Shhh, don't tell anyone (especially Patrick), but the switch is how I can use the "no-spark" resistor to slowly charge the caps. When Patrick said the "arming" sequence is what causes problems with the MMM, I figured that the arming is simply drawing too much current through the resistor, which creates a wildy varying voltage drop getting to the ESC brains. If I leave the switch off when I use the resistor, the ESC doesn't arm and therefore no problems. Once the caps are charged and the battery is directly connected, it is safe for the arming sequence to commence.
BTW:
I am in no way advocating doing this because I'm sure it will void the warranty. It's just one reason why I personally use a switch.