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Originally Posted by stum
Looking at it again I also agree w/ your assessment. I bet if that one was a sliding out it and only had a partial connection it would have done this as well.. give it a try it's pretty hairy.
PS RYU (from comment above), you are dead wrong.. take a look again, if you leave the MMM in the stock form and use the provided castle motor leads the heatshrink on the motor leads are resting firmly against the top plastic just over the exposed finned area, making it IMPOSSIBLE for the connector to hit unless the shrink wore off those wire leads. I have looked it over several times.. and thought it plenty through.
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....making it impossible for the MALE connector to touch but not impossible for the FEMALE connector to touch. the female connector is what i am referring to. or also the male portion that inserts in the female. (now i am sounding like sex ed.
) unless you heatshrink it, tape it, bend heatsink, it can/or already is touching. but that is besides the point now. you mentioned something that may be the answer. that if the male connector came out and was touching the female connector lightly that it could cause this short. is that correct? if so that is what i am thinking happened at this point. curious though? how does this cause a short just by lightly touching if it is still touching the right connector? also, should i change this connector? will it affect the performance? if the connector has the gold finish rubbed off does this also affect performance? here are some more pics to help us find the answer and help us see eye to eye.
my camera is not the best but you can see the heatshrink is fine. aside from that though look at the connector. it has a round shape zap in it like where it rested on top of the female plug on the esc. so i was thinking that it must have slipped out, bounced around, and touched the heatsink and female connector at the same time whilst one of the batt. famales on the esc is up against the heatsink also, causing the short. but if the light connection itself could have caused this that is likely the answer. any input on this? the last pic is of me holding a female end to the male end that shorted to show how the tip of the male connector has the indentation of the female connector on it. (whew! long winded explanation)
ps. sorry but for some reason i could only post links to the pics.
http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/DSC00482.jpg
http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/DSC00483.jpg
http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/DSC00484.jpg
http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/DSC00485.jpg
http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/DSC00486.jpg