Which ESC do I have?

[JayOhh]

Got a used Flux HP and there is no stickers or any marking on the ESC. So is there a way to tell which one it is?

The reason I'm asking is because I'm wondering if it's waterproof. Not gonna be running in water, but we have lots of rain/snow up here, so I really hope it can handle some spray. Don't wanna find out the hard way though, so any help would be Nice. PS! There's a rubber "Box" around the on/off-switch, so that looks waterproof.

There is also a red and black wire coming out of the ESC which is hooked up to the reciever channel 3. What's this for? The fan?

 

[JayOhh]

Don't have any Pictures here, but this is the ad where I bought it. Pictures of car, original Box and ESC. Looks like the Blur to me. Are those waterproof?

http://m.finn.no/bap/forsale/ad.html?finnkode=71628462

 

[X]

The two wire (red/black) cable is likely the power running to your receiver from the ESC.

Picture of the non-waterproof ESC:



"Waterproof" ESC:

 

[X]

Don't have any Pictures here, but this is the ad where I bought it. Pictures of car, original Box and ESC. Looks like the Blur to me. Are those waterproof?

http://m.finn.no/bap/forsale/ad.html?finnkode=71628462

You posted this while I was posting. Definitely looks like the blur (non-waterproof).

 

[JayOhh]

Yeah Guess it's not waterproof then

Anybody know how the Hobbywing Quickrun 150A compares to the Blur. I know I can get those pretty cheap, and they're waterproof.

About the red/black wires. I'm pretty sure the reciever is Powered through the "normal" ESC cable going to channel 2. I have the same reciever in a traxxas, and it's only Connected through channel 1 and 2 (steering and ESC). On the Savage I have one more Connection, which is hooked up to channel 3. It goes straight into the ESC.

 

[X]

I'm not finding the manual for the blur at the moment, so here's a picture of the waterproof ESC.

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As you can see, they use all three channels. CH1 is steering servo. CH2 is likely throttle. CHB is battery power to the receiver from the ESC.

 

[X]

Looking at pictures of the blur setup, is it possible that the red/black cable is for the switch?



Looks like it runs underneath the ESC and the switch is on the other side.

 

[JayOhh]

Thanks. The Picture of the waterproof looks like my setup, even though the ESC itself looks like the non waterproof.

Yes I do have the red/black which goes underneath ESC and back to the switch, but there's also a re/black going to channel 3.

I'm tempted to take the ESC out and see if there's any partnumber or serialnumber underneath. Is it only mounted With a ziptie and tape?