The Novak HV-Max is designed to take up to 14 cells. I've been running mine with the HV4.5 motor in my E-Zilla for over a year now with 14 cells in series. It is massively fast, I would love to put it into an 1/8th scale buggy as my E-Zilla is a little unweildly with all that power, I can accelerate to 15-20mph, then nail the throttle and it will still flip on its roof, tops out something like 40mph.
After a years bashing the ESC / motor has never thermalled once. So I think either you had a wiring problem or a faulty ESC. It doesn't matter if you bought it in the US, Novak will still warrant it, you will have to speak to them direct in the US though. Email their customer services.
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