Tech help needed

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Snowman3725

Just an update for those following, I checked all wire connections, it all looks good. I got a couple pissed off esc's beeping and flashing at me, and now it appears the tracks do not work. Could it be the wrong type of battery? It's an 11.1v 25c. I think the seller recommended a 3S1P. Could it be toasting the electronics?

Almost 300 views now, no one else can help??

Sounds like you have the right battery but could be low on voltage which is why the esc's are not working:

a) is it fully charged?
b) is it balanced?
or
c) is it straight out of the packet?

Stu

Battery is fully charged right out of the box, I checked it on a balanced charger too. I see the turntable esc working fine, the red led changes when I push the lever. The other esc's blink a rapid led flash and are constantly beeping. Like I said this machine is brand new so I'd be hard pressed to believe something failed after 2 minutes of use, unless something was wired incorrectly

[RCP57]

It almost sounds to me like the ESC's have lost their programing. I had a Hobby King ESC on the pump in my excavator temporarily and it would do this once and a while. I would plug in the battery and it would go into programming mode and just sit there and beep. If I touched a function the servos would move the valves and the tracks would work but no pump. Sometimes, if I unplugged the battery, plugged it back in and waited a bit before touching anything on the TX it would stop beeping and work properly. I tossed it and bought a good ESC(Jeti spin 33) and now have no problems.

That's exactly what it's doing Reg, I'm dumbfounded. I'm trying to work with the seller who lives in Korea, so there's a bit of a language barrier. They say it was properly tested and has no issues. I beg to differ. Hopefully they will take it back and fix it up. I noticed the hydros were pretty spongy and air bound. Could it have some type of safety switch that disables the pump or something?

[pyrosrock]

Originally Posted by Snowman3725

Battery is fully charged right out of the box, I checked it on a balanced charger too. I see the turntable esc working fine, the red led changes when I push the lever. The other esc's blink a rapid led flash and are constantly beeping. Like I said this machine is brand new so I'd be hard pressed to believe something failed after 2 minutes of use, unless something was wired incorrectly

i haven't (yet) had experience with a excavator but, on my rock crawler when i switch it on the escs will always do nothing, to get it to work you have to hold the controller at dead zero for a second or two before the esc will prime (its a saftey feature) so the pump not starting up could be as simple as setting the pump to off and playing with the trim. if it is a brushed motor on the pump then checking the output voltage on the esc can rule out the motor being dead or the pump seized if there is no voltage. or if there is voltage then you will have to check the motor/pump. can you turn it by hand/can you hear it trying to turn? if there is no voltage then you will know it is the esc causing the misery.
If the esc/pump is brushless (3 wires) then testing is much harder unless you have a spare motor you can plug in for testing.

I have the A9 its a nice radio, go to the monitor window and check that the pump trim is set to dead centre (i would assume) so that the esc can arm

Thanks Steve, it is a brushless motor. I checked all the trims on the radio and they were all set to neutral. It's kind of a funky design, there's a battle switch to turn the pump on, but when it worked it would also turn on apon pressing a stick on the controller, so the pump isn't running all the time. With the battle switch on, it would run all the time. I'd like to check the voltage coming out of the pump esc, but you mentioned it's difficult? I'm pretty handy with a voltmeter, what are the steps involved?

[pyrosrock]

Originally Posted by Snowman3725

Thanks Steve, it is a brushless motor. I checked all the trims on the radio and they were all set to neutral. It's kind of a funky design, there's a battle switch to turn the pump on, but when it worked it would also turn on apon pressing a stick on the controller, so the pump isn't running all the time. With the battle switch on, it would run all the time. I'd like to check the voltage coming out of the pump esc, but you mentioned it's difficult? I'm pretty handy with a voltmeter, what are the steps involved?

to be honest im not sure how to check it as with a brushless esc it is essentially outputing a 3 phase ac current i beleve, you might be able to tell on a multimeter but its above me, i think you might need a CRO