WARNING! A new way for MMMs to fail including your precious V3!

[lutach]

Originally Posted by Unsullied_Spy

Take a pic and E-Mail it to Castle. They'll have you send the ESC back and they'll send you a fixed ESC or a replacement within a month or two.

They couldn't have missed them :

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15249

[Unsullied_Spy]

Originally Posted by lutach

They couldn't have missed them :

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15249

I remember reading that post, that was pretty stupid that it came like that. IDK how it passed QC unless they don't check their ESCs before shipping them.

[lutach]

Originally Posted by Unsullied_Spy

I remember reading that post, that was pretty stupid that it came like that. IDK how it passed QC unless they don't check their ESCs before shipping them.

I'm still thinking if I should take the plugs out. If I do, I'm going to direct solder wires on there, but not facing up. I'll have the wires laying down and make a hole so they'll exit from the back. I would reather have them like that as most application will work better that way. It should be an option that the customer can select how they want there wires to be and if they want plugs and all.

[macr0w]

When I first saw the bullets on the newer MMM's I thought it was cool, until I installed it.

I would much rather have wire directly soldered to the board.

The bullets are just one more connector we don't need.

Not to mention the clearance issue. In a Revo or truggy I guess it's not such a big deal. But in a buggy with a tight body it is a big deal.

Gimmie my old style wires back.

I took the bullets off of my v3 and direct soldered the wires to the female side of the bullet at 90 degrees. So far so good.

[lincpimp]

I do remember that Patrick mentioned testing the MMM and that touching the heatsink to the bullet connectors did not do anything. He said that they could not cause a failure when they tested this issue...

I bent the fins away from the connectors on my MMMs but I may also put some shrink around them too. Time to take them all apart again!!! Whoo hoo.

[Ryu James]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

I do remember that Patrick mentioned testing the MMM and that touching the heatsink to the bullet connectors did not do anything. He said that they could not cause a failure when they tested this issue...

I bent the fins away from the connectors on my MMMs but I may also put some shrink around them too. Time to take them all apart again!!! Whoo hoo.

really, they tested this? hmmm. well, remember guys, this is probably a rare occurence but i thought everyone should know. i am not sure if this calls for de-soldering and everything but i dont know. maybe thats the best route. it seems we have been having to mod the MMMs since day one to make a better mousetrap, huh.

[RBMike]

Ya he said that but I bent the fins on the heat sink & put shrink tube over the bullets anyway to avoid this.