Hobbywing, why have you forsaken me?

[scarletboa]

i finally had enough money to get a real car/land esc for my savage. i had been running a $30 plane esc until it was damaged in a crash.

i bought the EZrun 150a esc after reading the great reviews. it came in the mail today and i went to my LHS to have everything soldered properly (my soldering skills are less than great) and i double checked and made sure everything was properly wired.

i plugged in one of my 3s lipos for a quick test run. it ran as expected with no glitches or cogging. i then plugged in my 2 3s packs in series and when i gave it a little burst of throttle, i thought i saw a small spark. i then gave it about 1/4 throttle and instantly, the esc sprayed black, and then red smoke and also broke all of the solder joints in my series connector. if those solder joints hadn't broken, the esc most likely would have caught fire and my lipos would have also been destroyed. they did get up to 120F though in that 20 seconds i had them plugged in.

well, there goes $100 down the drain

hobbywing, why have you forsaken me???


edit: i did not change any of the settings on the esc and i was running a KB45-12l motor