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08.17.2011, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by j.f.s View Post
Plugged in my batts and the ESC armed. 30 odd seconds later white smoke rises from the ESC. One of the caps has blown. I updated to 1.32 the other day and did the torque control, besides that it has just been sitting in the car for the past week.

Far fetched perhaps but is there any way it's related to the FW update? It has been running flawlessly for 11 months.
Probably not a FW issue -- how old are the batteries? It sounds to me like the batteries are weak and damaged the input capacitors.

Just a theory...


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