1st batch MMM, any tips to save it?

Originally Posted by loa

Why do we have to pick our poison? CC has acknowledged the fact that a high percentage of the "first batch" of MMM are defective.

Why should the early adopters pay for that?

Loa

that goes with being the first buyers of a new item...most of the time there will be bugs....the reason I will never buy a new MS operating system within the first year that it is released...I did gamble with the MMM though so far so good

[loa]

Originally Posted by azjc

the reason I will never buy a new MS operating system within the first year that it is released...

Hehe, I so agree with you on that one that I use Macs exclusively since 1992!

Originally Posted by azjc

I did gamble with the MMM though so far so good

Hope I'm gonna be able to say that once I plug mine in!

Loa

[sleebus.jones]

Originally Posted by loa

Any tips to "break" the (first batch) MMM in with minimal risk of failure?

Either it fails or it doesn't. Not sure if there's any way to mitigate the failure.

Originally Posted by MetalMan

Well, you could remove the fan:
http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/show...158#post176158
That's straight from the owner of CC.

That should reduce your chances of having a failure.

Then it might fail from overheating, unless you put a different fan on it. FWIW, my fan failed, the monster is still going strong. I'm not running it tho, due to the fact I don't have another fan to stick on it at the moment.

Originally Posted by loa

Why should the early adopters pay for that?

They don't call it "bleeding edge" for nothing.

Originally Posted by azjc

that goes with being the first buyers of a new item

Exactly.

Castle is doing a great job of taking care of affected customers. Sure, we would have all preferred this to be without kinks, but they happen and are dealt with. Castle is a class act, so I have no worries about the Monster.

[MetalMan]

Originally Posted by sleebus.jones

Then it might fail from overheating, unless you put a different fan on it. FWIW, my fan failed, the monster is still going strong. I'm not running it tho, due to the fact I don't have another fan to stick on it at the moment.

That is a possibility, but at least for my setup a MM was used previously with no fan, only four 330uF low-ESR caps, and in my 1/8 buggy the MM didn't go above 140 F. The MMM even without fan shouldn't reach anything beyond 110 F, I think.

[sleebus.jones]

Originally Posted by MetalMan

The MMM even without fan shouldn't reach anything beyond 110 F, I think.

Not what this person reports here:

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/show...22&postcount=2

I don't think I'd run the monster without a fan, especially down here in Texas. It's been silly hot here lately, no wind, high humidity, etc. Not much temperature differential to cool an ESC. Active cooling is a must I think for larger vehicles. With a fan, you can run without worries, without one you'd probably be checking pretty often.

I vote for the "no worries" option.

[MetalMan]

Originally Posted by sleebus.jones

Not what this person reports here:

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/show...22&postcount=2

I don't think I'd run the monster without a fan, especially down here in Texas. It's been silly hot here lately, no wind, high humidity, etc. Not much temperature differential to cool an ESC. Active cooling is a must I think for larger vehicles. With a fan, you can run without worries, without one you'd probably be checking pretty often.

I vote for the "no worries" option.

My bad, I meant in my setup it shouldn't go beyond 110 F.