Quark fried, blown capacitor...

zpb, it's been so long since I've seen my compro that I don't remember anything except my impressions of it. I do remember that the flex in the Quark pcb when you shimmied the power leads made me nervous. The Compro, on the other hand, didn't have any flex at all anywhere. I don't know that the pcbs were thicker, but it's a better design none the less.

You really have to watch working with the Quark out of its case. I believe that one of the purposes of the case is to hold the two pcbs together and keep them from separating. Mine separated, but I didn't notice it until after I powered it on and nothing happened. I was checking out the setup before I put it all back together. I disconnected the power, pushed the pcbs back together again and turned it on and that's when I saw smoke.

I don't know. Mike has run his Quark/Neu combo hard and without additional caps. I may just quit monkeying around with the Quark and just run it as it is. I could just add a couple of caps in line with the power leads, but I can tell you that they are going to be taking a beating sitting there on a pair of wires that move around as much as they do when on the track. I'm going to have to figure something out.

When I get my Quark and Neu back, I should have what could be considered to be the Cadillac of brushless setups. I SHOULD be worry and trouble free, but that remains to be seen.