single drive, 9mm belt, 85kg rider, hills … … is not such a good idea!
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Sanded down two dead DRV chips to see the die. The right one died ‘normally’. The left one died spectacularly, melting the silicon die, blowing up 4 FETs and vaporizing some PCB traces…
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Is there a way to make a DRV that can withstand esk8?
the DRV isnt the problem - the components around the DRV and the settings are the problems.
Got water in my VESC today by riding in light rain. It works for a couple of seconds and then reboots. Gonna try to dry it out a bit by the exhaust from my oven while cooking supper. Fingers crossed.
that doesnt even look like a VESC bro? what is that?
@lowGuido: But bro, it is. It’s a Flier VESC. It was the first one I ever got and it’s been quite reliable actually. But now it’s dead :’(