Are you on their mailing list? If so, you would’ve received the email. It could happen on other vescs though.
Yeah iv ordered from enertion twice before but bought the vesc’s elsewhere
I don’t think so… Diy’s has like reinforced armor all over the cables and board lmao
in theory, this can happen on all vesc that have long pins remaining on the connectors, some vesc may be clipped shorter…
it just worth being diligent & considering the hazards no matter what vesc you have…
there are probably 10 other ways you can short your vesc that are more likely than this…
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OK cool thanks Jason everything I have bought from yourself so far has been top notch! and enjoy the vlog’s on YouTube great drone footage btw and insightful knowledge to building my own board! Where do you find the time for family/business/vlog’s etc busy man! That whisky at the end of the day must taste extra good!
@warman - this issue isn’t on our VESCs. Our pins are clipped and we have a thicker insulation on our wiring. You don’t have to worry.
looks like you really need to put that vesc in a box and cut the pins down, in a box there would be less danger of wires being bent the wrong way and causing caps or wires coming into contact with other components. just saying.
Good to know! Thanks
We also cut the pins short so this is not an issue with Ollin vesc’s. I also know @elkick does the same before shipping his vesc’s.
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i noticed that too.
Also (and i apologize for not having pics to prove it, maybe i’ll take some later) i successfully dremelled down the pins on four of my enertion VESCs this past weekend without compromising any of the solder joints. I just used a finer sanding drum and didn’t apply any pressure. The dropped down immediately. You have to be very gentle and let the spin do all the work, and be careful about the resistors near the pins. I blue taped the units before doing it to keep the metal dust out and made sure the spin of the drum was throwing dust away from the board, not towards it.
it took me about 20 minutes to do all four of them and heat shrink them as well.
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Received my vesc yesterday with the heat shrink fix already applied from Enertion
Those pins certainly are pointy and can see how it would pierce the shielding.
I am just checking before connecting to the battery. Do you think what I am thinking is going to happen?
Yep. Hot glue those suckers.
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I hear a Dremel multi-tool (or similar) with the small circular file attachment works very well also at grinding them down - If you’re careful (applying little to no pressure) and ensure the file is spinning away from the PCB. Seems like the best option in my mind so you don’t need to worry about the glue moving or becoming dislodged in the future. That or clipping them off, but I’d be worried about damaging the board so I’d personally go with the Dremel option.
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Please PIN this topic, it’s really important. EDIT: THANKS!
Did you get your vesc repaired or replaced yet? I had the same manufacturing defect and I sent mine in to the us supplier. He received it on the 1st and Linda told me on the 4th that she told them to send replacements. I still haven’t heard anything back.
Nope. Still waiting. Jacob said it could take up to 2 weeks. 