ah ok, yeah this problem baffles me, the esc has been sent back to the shop I got it from now so will post back on this thread to say if they found a fix for it or if it was just faulty or whatever... just hope they don't send it back saying there is nothing wrong with it as there clearly is
the only thing I'm concerned about is if I do need a replacement esc is how long it will take as I have found the sp escs very hard to get hold of in the uk at the moment, most shops have been out of stock for ages all saying they are on backorder, supply of them seems to be abit short!?