I did do that. That’s why I’m so confused
Lots of people had VESC from toqueboards, they say they are improving quality control
Mine didn’t even manage to spin the motor during detection before getting DRV error, and having to ship it back to get a replacement makes matter worse since for some countries international shipping cost almost half a VESC
Hope they improve because competition is good
I just got a TB esc and it had a DRV error after like 1 hour of riding. I sent it back and for $50 they are going to send me a replacement. Kinda dissapointed but w/e. Next time i’ll probably get a regular esc or a FOCBOX | VESC6
I think the lesson here is: stay away from TB VESC’s. Any research into them should eventually lead to that conclusion.
Hey, DRV error doesn’t just go away when you get a new motor, that stuff is damage to the VESC not the motor
Yea… DRV error doesn’t go away when you buy a new motor
I’m running a tb vesc, it’s been solid so far
It was a dual setup, one vesc died, got a stronger motor to use with the working vesc, it died too.
how long is “so far”?
Couple months, then again I’ve ruined like 5 vesc so far =3
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If im not able to get a replacement from them, I will probably get a focbox. If @torqueboards can help me out though, hopefully i won’t need to
How did the other ones die?
One was belt tension too tight, another was Drv, recent one was soldering improperly. i break everything though
How does belt tension kill a vesc?
I don’t know what caused your DVR errors, but your battery to esc wires look excessively long. Which can introduce voltage spikes that are hard on the esc. Could be bad for long term usage but shouldn’t give an instant death.
This pinch point where all the wires go through a small metal hole would make me paranoid of shorts, could the enclosure compromised the insulation of some of the wires here?
Well shit. You are paranoid for good reason. Two of the three wires are completely torn up. That is the exact reason for the DRV error. Good information about the wiring, thanks!
In the future, once I get a new ESC, I will cut a larger hole and 3d print a thing around it to make sure the wires can’t rub together. That was a pretty huge oversight, thank you for your wisdom!
Once AGAIN “poor quality vescs” was actually user based faults like in 99% of times. There is always some good reason why vesc’s broke, people just assume that it is manufacturers fault without proper diagnostics.
But nice to know what was the reason at this time.
That doesn’t mean that TB VESC don’t have their issues , but it’s nice to know it was user error rather than MANU error. I would still advocate them for people to stay away from them, at least until they pull down any FOC related setup material for their ESC.
Tb vesc are one of the worst vesc I used. Failed within a week. Cheap components I guess.
My maytech vesc been more reliable with exact same settings.
Well I’ve got 2 vescs coming my way thanks to @Funktapus. Let’s hope these last longer than some of the others I’ve seen. I will be adding extra caps to try and help with voltage spikes too though