36v foc mode
There is the first problem. The cheap hw4.12 don’t work well on FOC.
You run a mountain board? What you set for your bat max limit?
FOC + 4.12 = blown up vesc
Street board with 30amp Max battery
Well that’s good to hear now
30amps should be fine with 4.12. Than it seems that the FOC blew your vesc.
Is there any reliable VESCs on the market?
@jayx probably is thinking “no” at the moment. he keeps blowing shit up, but then again, he keeps doing things like running 13S and towing people on home-made carts. I was one of those people this morning. Sometimes its fun to just hang on and scream.
If you buy all the cheap stuff, you will keep re-buying it, and it will keep breaking. Just get a Meepo or come back when you have a $1k budget. Otherwise, you will end up spending more in the end.
Even the expensive VESC’s will blow up in 5 mins with wrong settings / incorrect procedures. They are far from plug and play.
But if setup right will outlast all your other components.
I agree with the above advice though running FOC will kill most all 4.12 vescs / especially the low end ones.