Dracarys

[redboat219]

I was using it to test a 2.4ghz radio. I initially was going to use a 5v pack but the battery output plug had a small tab which prevented me from plugging it into the receiver. So I took out a Viper 10 from my parts box. Plug the 2S lipo into the dean connector I had soldered onto the esc. The ESC and RX indicator lights powered up then blinked out. When I picked up the ESC the heat sink was hot.
It was then I noticed the Deans were on the output (motor) leads not the battery leads.

Did I just unleashed the dragon in my Mtroniks Viper 10 ESC?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I was using it to test a 2.4ghz radio. I initially was going to use a 5v pack but the battery output plug had a small tab which prevented me from plugging it into the receiver. So I took out a Viper 10 from my parts box. Plug the 2S lipo into the dean connector I had soldered onto the esc. The ESC and RX indicator lights powered up then blinked out. When I picked up the ESC the heat sink was hot.
It was then I noticed the Deans were on the output (motor) leads not the battery leads.

Did I just unleashed the dragon in my Mtroniks Viper 10 ESC?

You hit the ESC's FET's on the wrong side (Usually an H-bridge of four). The wrong current stopped there. You may have lucked out -- wire the thing correctly this time and try again. If not, you're currently short one little ESC.

Rotsa Ruck.

David