Castle ESC's: Water resistant and/or water proof?

[Thomas Porfert]

As stated above, we do not claim our speed controllers are waterproof. That being said, all of our Car and boat products are dipped in silicone conformal coating. We now dip the controllers in the coating, so it covers the majority of the components. Unfortunately we can't guarantee that every component gets completely coated, so we can't guarantee the controller is completely sealed.

The Mamba Max is actually the hardest to fully coat. It uses a dual board design (power and control boards) that uses 2 rows of pins to connect the 2 boards. It is nearly impossible to seal the inter-connectors. The newer method is to surface mount the control board directly to the power board. (Mamba Monster, Mamba Max Pro). This makes it easier to seal the controller and protect it from water damage.

I think someone already commented on this as well, but water damage is not covered by warranty. But the controller can still be replaced for our non-warranty flat repair fee.

Hope this helps clear things up.

Thomas Porfert
Castle Tech Support