Okaj, a couple months ago I replaced the cables (connecing the batteries with the vesc and a switch) with some thick silicone ones,. But I messed up the polarity of the connector on the vesc. When I connected the “new” cable and turned on the switch, some magic smoke came out of the vesc! I immediately dissconected everything. Wires were hot, I touched the mosfets they were hot as well. I’m guessing i made a some sort of a short circut…
I want to know if I destroyed the whole Vesc or just the DVR chip? It would be cheaper just to replace he drv chip, but im worried other parts (on the vesc) are destroyed as well. If anyone knows what should I do, please tell.
Also I’m broke as hell right now, iIcan’t afford the new vesc…
@Benja_man do you mind posting some pictures, I think there might be more than just the DRV that is burned. But If didn’t blow any of the Trace, It could be repaired.
I closely checked every tiny part and I can’t see any burned spots on the board or even drv chip. (I have no idea where the smoke came from if even it did at all, i dont remember clearly)
Also you should know that in the incident a cell in one of the 3S batteries died… (the voltage on that cell is 0 and the battery therfore doesn’t provide any voltage at all (shorted maybe??) I seriously don’t want any lipo fire trying to fix it cuz that shit is toxic af.
I did that, but the motor didn’t spin and i think that messed up the battery. I have set up the lower voltage limit, so it shouldn’t spin anyway i think.
I also plugged it in my computer but no response, the computer didn’t recognise it and leds didn’t light up.
I just sent my non-working VESC to the board tech (user name thermalm16) and he fixed it for me in 1 day for $45.00. Worth every penny. If he can’t fix it, it only costs you the shipping to find out.
I need to know if my vesc is completely wasted, or can be repaired by replacing the drv chip. Because I can’t afford to pay for repair if it won’t work even then. I rather buy new one.
The problem is it could be more than just the DRV or something else other than the DRV. If you have a multi-meter on hand we could check out, the root cause of your problem.
Or if you don’t have any, you could still send it for repair.