Battery shorted!?

[Origineelreclamebord]

Hi everyone,

I had a big problem with my electronics. I wired up my battery (Team Orion 2s 4600mAh 45C) to my car and there was a huge spark at the connector (TRX) when I tried to connect it. The plates of the connectors were pretty warm afterwards (easily still touchable though). Half an hour ago I tried to start the car but it seems dead.

I tried other electronics, but they do not work with the same battery, so the battery is probably dead. I can't try the other electronics but I am afraid it will be awfully silent there as well. Am I right thinking this?

All electronics (except for the receiver, Futaba R603FS) were bought in August and have had less than 25 runs in total. Is it realistic that I can get broken units repaired or replaced on warranty? (Savöx SC-1251MG, Castle 1406 4600kV+Sidewinder V2 and the Team Orion battery).

PS: I've always taken good care of the battery, charging it with the balancer plug connected, so I really can't understand how this could've happened.

[mark christopher]

its highly unlikley your battery has failed, its 99.9% certain you have blown your speedo, its also highly unlikley any manufacture will honour any warranty, as its user error, and most modern speedos are unrepairable, most simply supply a new one. sorry to be blunt but you need to clearly mark you wiring or make it impossible to connect the wrong way round.

[Origineelreclamebord]

Originally Posted by mark christopher

its highly unlikley your battery has failed, its 99.9% certain you have blown your speedo, its also highly unlikley any manufacture will honour any warranty, as its user error, and most modern speedos are unrepairable, most simply supply a new one. sorry to be blunt but you need to clearly mark you wiring or make it impossible to connect the wrong way round.

I've tried it on another speedo and receiver, it still doesn't work. I don't see wires connected the wrong way around, but I did take them out and reconnected them a few hours later. I'm always careful making sure everything is connected right, so I'm puzzled that this happened. I can only hope a wire is faulty but that's rather unlikely (at least as being the only thing broken).

[JCJC]

http://www.oople.com/forums/showthre...ight=lipo+fuse

this may be helpful

[Origineelreclamebord]

Originally Posted by kayce

I'm curious "what's changed" since last time you used your car. While a small arc can occur on occassion when connecting a lipo battery, there really shouldn't be any "huge spark" - which tells me there's a dead-short, somewhere - so it has me questioning if you've changed a connector or some other component that could have lead to a short curcuit. Usually rc electronics are fairly robust, and it just appears you have a dead short (or something connected backwards) in one of the components.

All you can really do is troubleshoot - replacing individual components, one-by-one - until you locate the offending party.



I doubt it.
As with most electronics items, most RC electronics aren't covered under warranty unless they're new out of the box (yours aren't) - especially not all 3 or 4 items. You can try, but don't hold your breath.

Originally Posted by JCJC

http://www.oople.com/forums/showthre...ight=lipo+fuse

this may be helpful

Thanks for your replies. I'm preparing for the worst in terms of costs, but I can't afford to buy new electronics again

I really hope the Orion's indeed have an internal fuse like the topic suggests, it might have saved (some of) my electronics. If it is a fuse though I do wonder how I'm going to get that fixed.

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by Origineelreclamebord

Thanks for your replies. I'm preparing for the worst in terms of costs, but I can't afford to buy new electronics again

I really hope the Orion's indeed have an internal fuse like the topic suggests, it might have saved (some of) my electronics. If it is a fuse though I do wonder how I'm going to get that fixed.

will the battery charge at all? if it wont then it could be a fuse, did not know orion did this

[Ted Maul]

Originally Posted by Origineelreclamebord

Thanks for your replies. I'm preparing for the worst in terms of costs, but I can't afford to buy new electronics again

I really hope the Orion's indeed have an internal fuse like the topic suggests, it might have saved (some of) my electronics. If it is a fuse though I do wonder how I'm going to get that fixed.

Was me that started the other thread and binned the lipo at local recycling depot. Worked on the principle that sacrifice of a 2yo lipo vs a brand new £160 speedo was worthwhile. Considering moving to deans plugs!

[kayce]

Originally Posted by Origineelreclamebord

I've tried it on another speedo and receiver, it still doesn't work. I don't see wires connected the wrong way around, but I did take them out and reconnected them a few hours later.

I'm curious "what's changed" since last time you used your car. While a small arc can occur on occassion when connecting a lipo battery, there really shouldn't be any "huge spark" - which tells me there's a dead-short, somewhere - so it has me questioning if you've changed a connector or some other component that could have lead to a short curcuit. Usually rc electronics are fairly robust, and it just appears you have a dead short (or something connected backwards) in one of the components.

All you can really do is troubleshoot - replacing individual components, one-by-one - until you locate the offending party.

Originally Posted by Origineelreclamebord

All electronics (except for the receiver, Futaba R603FS) were bought in August and have had less than 25 runs in total. Is it realistic that I can get broken units repaired or replaced on warranty? (Savöx SC-1251MG, Castle 1406 4600kV+Sidewinder V2 and the Team Orion battery).

I doubt it.
As with most electronics items, most RC electronics aren't covered under warranty unless they're new out of the box (yours aren't) - especially not all 3 or 4 items. You can try, but don't hold your breath.

[daz]

Originally Posted by kayce

I'm curious "what's changed" since last time you used your car. While a small arc can occur on occassion when connecting a lipo battery, there really shouldn't be any "huge spark" - so it has me questioning if you've changed a connector or some other component that could have lead to a short curcuit. Usually rc electronics are fairly robust, and it just appears you have a dead short (or something connected backwards) in one of the components.

All you can really do is troubleshoot - replacing individual components, one-by-one - until you locate the offending party.



I doubt it.
As with most electronics items, most RC electronics aren't covered under warranty unless they're new out of the box (yours aren't) - especially not all 3 or 4 items. You can try, but don't hold your breath.

Your talking bollox again, my new washing machine has a massive warranty