I have a electric rustler. It has a green speed gem motor and a lrp esc. I think everything is hook up correct ut I am not sure. When you plug the battery in the truck takes off. When you give it throttle is does nothing. When you hit the reverse it stops. After about a minute the battery pak starts smoking. What do i have wrong? How can I fix it? I know nothing about electric. More of a nitro guy! Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
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badbad there is obviously something shorting out, a smoking battery is NOT GOOD. A 6 cell pack has quite a wallop and the cells can explode. Do not leave it in this condition for more than a second or two.
The first place I'd look is your receiver and ESC wires, do they hook up correctly? Some ESC wires will go into various receivers, but it's important the wiring is correct: there is a positive and negative wire that powers the servo or esc, and a signal wire that sends the signal from your radio to the device. Some have neg-pos-signal and others have neg-signal-pos. If you have the wrong ESC wire hookup or have it in backwards, this is a possible cause.
here and here are some charts to see what I'm talking about, and how to change them.
Other possibilties are a bad ESC or a shorted cell in the battery, but look at that first as that's the usual suspect.
The first place I'd look is your receiver and ESC wires, do they hook up correctly? Some ESC wires will go into various receivers, but it's important the wiring is correct: there is a positive and negative wire that powers the servo or esc, and a signal wire that sends the signal from your radio to the device. Some have neg-pos-signal and others have neg-signal-pos. If you have the wrong ESC wire hookup or have it in backwards, this is a possible cause.
here and here are some charts to see what I'm talking about, and how to change them.
Other possibilties are a bad ESC or a shorted cell in the battery, but look at that first as that's the usual suspect.
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Ok, I have an LRP ipc digital ESC. It has 3 wires in this order from left to right: red, blue, black. I then have the red wire running from the esc to the positive side of the dean connector and to the postive side of the motor. The blue wire runs to the negative side of the motor and the black wire runs to the negative side of the deans. Is this correct?
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I am not for sure. I cut all the wires off and started over. When I finished everything worked. My next problem is I do not know how to program this esc. Last night I just pushed the setup button a couple times and pulled the trigger. It seems as if the car takes off slow and then ...... comes alive! I think this esc is programmable to adjust like that but I am no for sure. If anyone can point me in the right direcion to etting this thing up I would sure apprecite it!!! Thanks.
ESC: Associated LRP IPC digital V 7.1
Also whats this black square piece that plugs in, it says something like power programme mode and the outside corners are labled 1, 2, 3, 4
ESC: Associated LRP IPC digital V 7.1
Also whats this black square piece that plugs in, it says something like power programme mode and the outside corners are labled 1, 2, 3, 4
Man... this is almost funny! How did you end up with electric?
I almost bought a mini-t, but after reading this, I'm glad I didn't. To much confusion...
I almost bought a mini-t, but after reading this, I'm glad I didn't. To much confusion...
This is taken straight from AE's website
Set Up:
Hold the setup button pressed in for 3 seconds (green LED should flash)
Leave the throttle in the neutral position and press the setup button one(neutral position now stored)
Give it full throttle and hold it there.Then press the setup button once.(full throttle is now stored)
Go full brake and hold it there.Then press the setup button once.(Full brake is now stored)
Setup is complete
I had this ESC on my Rc10LS and it is a nice ESC.I had a little trouble wiring it up too. Since it is a 3 wire ESC you need to connect the black wire to the negative(black) wire on the battery, and connect the blue wire to the motor negative terminal.The red wire needs to go to the positive(red wire) on the battery and then needs to be jumped to the positive on the motor. This ESC is meant for hardwiring so the deans connectors complicate it a bit.
Here's and article on hard wiring from RCCA it may help you out http://www.rccaraction.com/rc/articles/hardwire.asp
http://www.rccaraction.com/rc/articles/ht_install_esc.asp
Set Up:
Hold the setup button pressed in for 3 seconds (green LED should flash)
Leave the throttle in the neutral position and press the setup button one(neutral position now stored)
Give it full throttle and hold it there.Then press the setup button once.(full throttle is now stored)
Go full brake and hold it there.Then press the setup button once.(Full brake is now stored)
Setup is complete
I had this ESC on my Rc10LS and it is a nice ESC.I had a little trouble wiring it up too. Since it is a 3 wire ESC you need to connect the black wire to the negative(black) wire on the battery, and connect the blue wire to the motor negative terminal.The red wire needs to go to the positive(red wire) on the battery and then needs to be jumped to the positive on the motor. This ESC is meant for hardwiring so the deans connectors complicate it a bit.
Here's and article on hard wiring from RCCA it may help you out http://www.rccaraction.com/rc/articles/hardwire.asp
http://www.rccaraction.com/rc/articles/ht_install_esc.asp
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buddy bought it and added a few hop ups, arms, shocks, speed conrtrol, motor, and batteries then decided to go nitro for a few months, then quit. Thats how I got the rc10gt also. I didn't really mess with the electric until I got the rc18t. Their alright, but nothings like a NITRO!
