Lightningfastrcman
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Ok, so I bought a Savage XS right after Christmas.
So the day I get it, I plug a 2s LiPo into the ESC and run it. The LiPo isn't fully charged, so it doesn't last for too long, but long enough to get a feel for the truck. It runs great.
But then the next morning, I try to run it, and the thing goes down to 50% power, then shuts off. I know that this is a safety feature built into the esc (it does this when the voltage drops below the set threshold for more than 2 seconds), but the battery is full charged. At first I am thinking that my battery is just going bad, after all I have had it for a long time. But putting it in my Traxxas Slash and taking that for a drive revealed that the battery was fine. The slash worked almost flawlessly for a good 20 minute drive. The slash also has roughly the same motor/esc combo in it, castle 540 size motor, sidewinder 3 (Correct me if I'm wrong on that, but that should be right around what the XS has in it.
So what is going on? Is the battery going bad? What could be causing the voltage to drop downward so quickly?
Also, when I plug the battery back into the charger after this happens, the voltage appears to be high above 3.2 volts per cell. So what is happening?
So the day I get it, I plug a 2s LiPo into the ESC and run it. The LiPo isn't fully charged, so it doesn't last for too long, but long enough to get a feel for the truck. It runs great.
But then the next morning, I try to run it, and the thing goes down to 50% power, then shuts off. I know that this is a safety feature built into the esc (it does this when the voltage drops below the set threshold for more than 2 seconds), but the battery is full charged. At first I am thinking that my battery is just going bad, after all I have had it for a long time. But putting it in my Traxxas Slash and taking that for a drive revealed that the battery was fine. The slash worked almost flawlessly for a good 20 minute drive. The slash also has roughly the same motor/esc combo in it, castle 540 size motor, sidewinder 3 (Correct me if I'm wrong on that, but that should be right around what the XS has in it.
So what is going on? Is the battery going bad? What could be causing the voltage to drop downward so quickly?
Also, when I plug the battery back into the charger after this happens, the voltage appears to be high above 3.2 volts per cell. So what is happening?