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Originally Posted by MetalMan
Just out of curiosity, how long were your battery leads (from the battery to the ESC)? Schulze ESCs had a huge problem with this, and their manual actually said to add capacitors if the leads were long enough (because of voltage ripple).
I think Artc1k is onto something, that the MMM needs higher capacitance. Anybody know what capacitors and how many the MMM comes with?
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Maybe 6 inches?
I certainly can't disagree with what Arct1c is saying of jhautz is doing.. Adding a capacitor to smooth out the voltage would work.. but why are we having to add components to a piece of electronics that claims to be able to handle what we are using it for??????
This whole conversation isn't to argue what I did wrong or may not have done wrong. To me.. it is looking at what I was doing that caused the catastrophic failure of the MMM. Was I within specifications? I think so. if I was borderline... then I could see a failure if I pushed too hard and for too long. Running the gearing I ran, on smooth pavement, for less than 5 minutes.. never getting to full speed, never stomping on the throttle or break... should NOT have caused it to flame. Considering when it blew.. It as rolling at a walking pace... otherwise.. I'd likely have a melted car and not just a burnt ESC.