GooseRider
10 µW
- Joined
- Jul 28, 2021
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So I'm finishing up my first build. It's an ebay hub motor with a 35 amp peak controller. It was dark, I just finished soldering the last connections I needed on the battery, and I was excited to hook up the motor just to see it spin.
I had attached a female xt60 to the male xt60 coming off my battery while soldering those connections to act as a heat sink for the plastic. In my hurry, I had left the female xt60 on. In going to connect these two female ends together to test the motor, I got a couple very terrifying sparks. Nothing heated up battery or controller wise as far as I could tell. The connectors were quite warm though.
I realized what was wrong, removed the female connector, and then plugged it in properly after it cooled. The sw900 fired right up, and the motor span super fast without any load on level 5. I'm wondering if this kind of situation could have blown any controller components that I won't be aware of until the build is complete, or I'm 40km from home on a heavy ass broken down bicycle.
Thanks for helping out a noob.
I had attached a female xt60 to the male xt60 coming off my battery while soldering those connections to act as a heat sink for the plastic. In my hurry, I had left the female xt60 on. In going to connect these two female ends together to test the motor, I got a couple very terrifying sparks. Nothing heated up battery or controller wise as far as I could tell. The connectors were quite warm though.
I realized what was wrong, removed the female connector, and then plugged it in properly after it cooled. The sw900 fired right up, and the motor span super fast without any load on level 5. I'm wondering if this kind of situation could have blown any controller components that I won't be aware of until the build is complete, or I'm 40km from home on a heavy ass broken down bicycle.
Thanks for helping out a noob.