controller on fire!!

Sorry to hear about your controller loss, especially considering how much some of this stuff costs. But in the light of things, at least it wasn't a $320.00 Schulze controller.

Now, I do have a question. I've read several posts about how Schulze controllers burn to a crisp, but would like to know what the major common malfunction was for those controllers? Was it bad wiring or connectors? Was it while using LiPos? Or was it while running max cell counts for the controllers? Lastly, is it the 18.97 that has failed the most? The reason that I ask is that I my first 18.97 contoller had no problems and I sold it to a friend who has had no problems, and now I have another 18.97 that I'm running 16 cells for my BigMaxximum. I would've considered a BK controller, but I understand that they won't control 4 pole motors, so it was pretty much the Schulze that was the only option.