CCBECS..arnt so awesome.

Well I was happilly bashing away when I flipped my truck on its lid (this was after about an hour of good solid bashing)

Anyways, I flipped my truck onto its lid (as you do) and as it was too far away I just sat there waiting for my mate to finish putting batteries into his truck so he could drive up there to try and flip me over.

Anyways, the truck was like that (on its lid) for about 2 minutes. When my mate drove over to my truck, then thing just automatically accelerated full bore (the truck is still upside down at this stage) and then shut off.

Anyways, after asssessing the problem we determined that the CCBEC had died (no light, no MM arming, no servo response).

Well that was it for me, done for the day

***** just a quick note here, a few months back my friends E-Maxx which also had a CC bec installed died the same death...automatic full throttle acceleration and then death. He wasnt as lucky as me (as his truck was not on its lid at the time) and his E-maxx smashed straight into a solid block of dirt. He installed another CCBEC a few weeks later, and it ran fine for a while. Then it died in a firey death when his MM controller decided to catch alight and burn half his truck to the ground*********


Welll..back to my story!

I just got back home. Installed ANOTHER CCBEC into my E-Revo, checked all the connections and wires, tested it and everything seemed fine..at first.
I put the truck on the floor (after re-calibrating it again).
Drove it aboutu ummm 10 metres and then the CCBEC caught on fire. Awesome. So now I have 4 x dead CCBECS (2 of which have met my garbage man at the local tip).
It would also be good to note that the CCBECS that Ive been using were working for a good while before dying.


Looks like CC will probably be receiving a call from me tomorrow morning!

Argh.

Heres a nice picture for you all!




This has also got me thinking, If they used the same becs (albeit in a smaller form factor), in teh MMM, this could explain why the damn things keep dying!. Hah

[Sammus]

dang, unlucky..what batteries were you using?

When the fire broke out in my room, I was on HPI 3300mah NIMH's. When my friends one caught alight he was on Maxamps 10,000mAH (2s x 2)

hmm it seems like there has been a influx of CC BEC's burning since the MMM has gone into production. Did castle change supplier?

Iv had 2 CC BECs fail. One dies after setup and the other aafter about 4 months

[DRIFT_BUGGY]

Unlucky to hear. Seem to be more and more CC BEC's having issues

[emaxxnitro]

Castle creations... red hot! lol! my mmm v2 #2 just desided to go up in smoke!

im thinking about powering my rx up with the balance tap, just like i have my fan, seems bulletproof to me

Originally Posted by big greg

im thinking about powering my rx up with the balance tap, just like i have my fan, seems bulletproof to me

dosent sound bulletproof to me at all....

Your discharging certain cells faster than the other, throwing the pack off balance. could lead to worthless paperweights

[Sammus]

Originally Posted by Andrew32

dosent sound bulletproof to me at all....

Your discharging certain cells faster than the other, throwing the pack off balance. could lead to worthless paperweights

Not true! Some people required paperweights and will pay for them!

[MTBikerTim]

do ccbecs have any capacitors on them?

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by Sammus

Not true! Some people required paperweights and will pay for them!

I find the black packs with the "maxamps" stickers make the best paperweights. Although they do tend to roll off the desk when all 4 sides puff out...

Emaxxnitro, watch it buddy no castle jokes allowed! Besides castle products are selling like mad ...their on fire!

[captain harlock]

I've fried two of these. The last one did not last for even a minute.

[Robert]

This is why electronics shouldn't be recycled. Perhaps their vendors are sticking them with old components.

I'm gonna talk to mike and tell him to start stocking the dimension engineering sport bec. He needs to start carrying a better bec.