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Permalink Reply by Michael Pursifull on November 13, 2011 at 10:20pm

photos usually help. Even if they don't, those of us who have made bad mistakes like to see pictures from other people who have done the same so we feel better ;)

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Alex on November 14, 2011 at 3:58am

Haha, yeah photos would be helpfull

 

But i guess you might of had a faulty BEC, but the great news is that you did not fry your APM

 

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Permalink Reply by Wessie on November 14, 2011 at 6:38am

did you make sure that the ESC's power leads were removed from the plugs?

That may me a possible problem if you are supplying say 6v from the BEC AND 5v from the esc's.

 

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Permalink Reply by hightechhobbie on November 14, 2011 at 10:21am

while i was taking this picture for you guys i realized what i did wrong : (

notice how color of the wire out of the ESC

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Permalink Reply by Michael Pursifull on November 14, 2011 at 10:25am

funny how that works.... but don't feel too bad. As easy as that is to spot, I don't have fingers and toes enough to count the number of EEs who made the same mistake at one time or another, and had to get someone else to spot it for them...

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Permalink Reply by Michael Pursifull on November 14, 2011 at 10:26am

I keep colored shrink wrap around to help keep myself from making the same mistake when I haven't slept for days.

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Permalink Reply by hightechhobbie on November 14, 2011 at 10:37am

it goes back to normal at the deans @ the battery but when i was soldering the bec i forgot it was backwards.........

so how did the APM not fry ?

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Permalink Reply by Michael Pursifull on November 14, 2011 at 10:40am

It is not a straight through connection. The circuitry on the ESC most likely has some diodes or some form of polarity protection, deliberate or incidental. The ESC has a BEC that brings the voltage down to +5vcc. 

 

 

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