So back story, I wanted to swap decks that I was using and I had the power button mounted on the deck using JB weld since it wasn’t tall enough to use the screw… basically not getting that button back. So I cut the wires under it and ordered a new mechanical button on amazon.
I have a 12s battery, a power switch, and an OESC all from miami electric. After cutting the wires, I made a bad decision and left everything plugged in (minus the motor). Now the battery is pretty much permanently supplying power to the OESC no matter what. I got the new power button, wired it up, pressed it, depressed it, unplugged the button completely, and in all 3 instances the battery continued supplying power to the OESC. It’s like the power switch isn’t even there.
So I tried some trouble shooting. I unplugged the battery and plugged it back in (everything goes through XT60 connectors) and there was a mildly loud “pop.”
I unplugged it immediately and took the power switch out of the circuit. I plugged the battery straight into the OESC and the same “pop” happened again. I currently have everything unplugged and am a little afraid to try anything.
As far as I know, even after the “pop” when things are plugged back in, the OESC functions perfectly normal.
The pop is normal and that’s why folks use antispark switches. The esc has a large capacitor on the supply side – it’s like a reserve reservoir. When you first plug it in, the ESC’s reservoir is empty and fills up instantly – this is the “spark” or “pop” – then it is ready to supply spikes of power to the ESC if it can’t pull power from the battery fast enough through the length of wire.
The power switch is turning the anti spark switch on and off. It sounds like your anti spark switch went bad, mine did the same thing not too long ago. When those go bad they get stuck in the on position regardless of what position your physical switch is in. If you’re interested in repairing it, I may be able to help.
Check the ressistance with a multimeter on 3.3v and ground, simmilar thing happened to me, probably your 3.3v converter is fried, plug it in the battery and see if the lights turn on, if not from my experience its that
Probbably its just the switch died,becase they like to
I took some pictures of the power switch and am interested in repairing it. The only problem is circuits and wiring are pretty foreign to me. Any help is greatly appreciated!
There are still no reliable antispark switches, just buy an antispark and additional mosfets from mouser, everytime your antispark stays in the closed position just replace the mosfet.
