*** New SeaKing 180 V3 Testing... Could use set up advice

[ray schrauwen]

Actually a Lesbian connector is required... Yeah, I said it.

[ray schrauwen]

Yes the bulge is a bank of caps (2). You can tell by the insulation that is removed from the main wires, I see a divett under the shrink wrap where they did the soldering. I still need better glasses...

What is the bulge in the power lines? Cap pack or spark eliminator?
Now that I can see the cap side, my hope for adding an extra pair of water nipples is dashed. I had hoped to add another pair on either end of the extra heat sink openings and then loop one more round of silicone tube to increase water flow.
May I ask what does the three pins do? It´s obvious but my brain is shutting down...

Might just be one big cap...

[tlandauer]

Actually a Lesbian connector is required... Yeah, I said it.

Now you are talking! I don´t care about their orientation so long as there are females involved, understood....

Yes the bulge is a bank of caps (2). You can tell by the insulation that is removed from the main wires, I see a divett under the shrink wrap where they did the soldering. I still need better glasses...
Might just be one big cap...

Again, thank you for the enlightenment!

[Spartanator]

Actually a Lesbian connector is required... Yeah, I said it.

Now that's a good one! lol

yes it has a total of 4 caps (I think)... Also came with an extra wire to setup for series! I wonder if this works with the program card, at least after you get the funky connector... Now for an ESC with 1,080 Burst it is surprising that there are 4 caps and one water flow... A Castle Cap pack will be on mine along with a BEC. I have a program card but still need the funky cable. I am getting ready to out on the real boat to go look at Kemah Fireworks in a few hours... What a pain to get out there with a bunch of wackos! If it was somewhat daylight I could bring some toy boats! lol

Back to the ESC, here are come wires from a US seller: EBAY

As soon as I get some $ I will send my stuff to kfxgfuy so I can get my Rivercat in the water! Very excited!!!! Somehow I decided to have an entire boat built around a ESC... lol

[msundsd5]

The great thing about the SeaKing 180 V3 is that you program it with the programming pins on the outside of it. This is great for those of us who use balloons or other waterproofing methods for our receivers that are a pain to put on and take off, this programming options allows for you to never have to mess with the receiver once placed and settled in the boat. It works well too, I bought a 6 inch long male to male plug , plugged one side in the program box and the other side to the ESC and Wallaaaaaa, easy as 1 , 2, 3. I know this esc has a great reputation to live up to and is young in it's existence but I must say fellas, for the money, what I see is exciting and it seems to perform just as well if not better then the last one. It's smaller more compact too so it doesn't take up as much space in your boat. They seemed to put a lot of thought into this new version and I appreciate that! Only time will tell if it can stand up to the punishment and rigger of the boating world but it definitely is earning it's respect. Here's a picture of how it looks when programming.
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[kfxguy]

thank you sir!
On second thought, how can a male to male pin mate??? Am I missing something? Yes, I know what I am missing, but just electrically speaking... uh, you know what I mean...

Whoops. The plugs are actually female to female. Better.

[Spartanator]

Whoops. The plugs are actually female to female. Better.

Much better.

[Spartanator]

Well I emailed on the hopes of a stronger ESC....
EDIT:
Ok, folks! I have passed this thread (along with another) to the North American Hobbywing team. If you would like to get an ESC this is where I get mine, my guy on that team does seem to like the idea of 240amp-ish ESC.

http://www.falconsekido.com/collections/seaking-v3-esc-for-boat

[Peter A]

One question, will it be possible to remove the heatsink and replace it with a better (custom?) one? Or is it all sealed together? I take it that the old 180 program card works fine on these.

[kfxguy]

Well I emailed on the hopes of a stronger ESC....
EDIT:
Ok, folks! I have passed this thread (along with another) to the North American Hobbywing team. If you would like to get an ESC this is where I get mine, my guy on that team does seem to like the idea of 240amp-ish ESC.

http://www.falconsekido.com/collecti...3-esc-for-boat

That would be great if they did. If they made a 240 as good as the 180, they would dominate sales in the marine esc market. Add a data logging version....omg

[kfxguy]

One question, will it be possible to remove the heatsink and replace it with a better (custom?) one? Or is it all sealed together? I take it that the old 180 program card works fine on these.

The guy in the post above you is sending me his esc and I'll look at it a see if a custom higher capacity cooling block can be made. From what he tell me by looking at it, it seems possible. I just finished a very nice one for one of my v2 seaking 180's





Here's the link to the thread if you wanna check it out more. http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...ng-block/page2

[msundsd5]

New SeaKing 180V3 Testing Video Coming in the next couple days!!!

[Spartanator]

New SeaKing 180V3 Testing Video Coming in the next couple days!!!

And I am steadily waiting for it! Thanks you for taking the time to film/post them. Hopefully we can do what we talked about with it!

[shartinspartin]

now is this version really waterproof? Or is it version 2 waterproof, which isnt waterproof really??
Will this esc work completely submerged?

[Spartanator]

Not sure yet. Haven't had a chance to dunk mine! lol. About another 2 weeks and I may get to use mine. It will be in kfxguy's hands for a little bit.