Smoke on the water...

[keithbradley]

next time buy a lipo sack and cover the esc, maybe that will help lessen the clean up

I pondered using fire proof wrap, just incase, but anything that keeps the heat in in the event of a fire will keep the heat in all the time. While the esc did have a cooling block on it, it was a multi-layered board and would still benifit from air flow.

[keithbradley]

Sorry to read about that,Keith. I have the same esc from Ben Im using in a single drive cat and now Im paranoid. Ill be building a fiberglass box to put the esc in in hopes of limiting the hull ruining effects a burning esc has.

Keep in mind that I was running this esc on 8s Larry. This was the 200A suppo, which has seemed to work well for most as a LV ESC. The 80HV suppo I had in it worked great.
I think those ESCs are great for the money, you just need a HV esc if you want to run HV. We sort of knew this going in but chose to test the limits.

[millzee]

man that looks nasty. How do you like that LIFE cell? it is 6.6 v so i was weary to hook it up to my rx's. i ordered up 2 of them though. One of them is powering my stock Miss Geico Tx with no problems.

Ive been sticking with 4s power so i have been using my esc's bec. Just wondering if your rx is rated for more then 6v or if i'll be fine using it with an mr3000

I believe the mr3000/mr200 are good for up to 9.6v, all good.

[graill]

We in the retired military sect call that "battle hardened", now clean it up and get her rolling!

[speed restricted]

when you get it clean a light coat of clear inside the hull will stop the stink(most of it)

[Simon.O.]

I feel your pain and smell a similar smell here although on a smaller scale
http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...537#post301537

She still wants it outside, not anymore as I have sealed in most of the charring with a layer of varnish !!

[siberianhusky]

That really stinks! In more ways than one! I read somewhere that hand sanitizer stuff will remove some of the stink, I have my doubts though, it really penetrates everything.
My ni-cad charger still stinks 4 years after I had to rebuild it.
Did everything else come out ok? Hope it's just mis-coloured and stinky!

[Jeepers]

its been posted in the past the rubbing alcohol remove's the smell AND the black stuff off the hull and batteries. It works good, I have tried it on several occasions lately.

[Alexgar]

I've heard easy off but never tried it

[ron1950]

HOLLY EXPLOSIONS BATMAN.....keep this up and ill go back to gas lol.....NOT!

[keithbradley]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. For the record, I have used the following on this boat AND in the past on other boat (most of my learning was done on the little black spots created when dunking an esc, ect...not this type of catastrophe).:

* Dish soap: VERY good for cleaning dishes...thats about it. No use here.

* Household cleaners (Forula 409, ect): Again, didn't do much

* Rubbing alcohol: Works somewhat, but doesnt completely remove the black...definitely lightens it.

...and the odd winner so far....

*Rain X: Works phenominally. I have already used it on my batts, motor, servo, rx pack,ect and have that stuff cleaned up. It still does retain smell though...going to try an ozone chamber for that.

...I removed everything from the bare hull (other than the strut and rudder) and cleaned all the parts with rain x. It really does magically wipe the black off, but I swear you can never remove that smell.Even my motor still stinks, but I havent taken it apart adn cleaned the inside. I think the soot gets on the inside of everything in this larger sized mess, like the the inside/underneath of my lipo shrink wrap, the fibers of the glass and carbon, ect.
Unfortunately, teh esc got so hot that it damaged the underside of the hatch (and burnt the paint off of the outside), and the top side of the hull towards teh front of the hatch. It got hot enough that it warped the fiberglass to the point of cracking it in one spot. When we get some decent weather here (and I have time), I will further assess the situation. It was upper 30's when I attempted to clean it last, and my paws got cold

[keithbradley]

when you get it clean a light coat of clear inside the hull will stop the stink(most of it)

Never thought of that...good idea. Im not sure if it will ever stick to the hull now that I have been using rain x on it but its worth a try.

[JackBlack26]

Man that sucks!! But nothing some simple green shouldn't be able to take care of. The smell on the other hand, well....Just stick a few pine tree air fresheners in there, lol!

man that looks nasty. How do you like that LIFE cell? it is 6.6 v so i was weary to hook it up to my rx's. i ordered up 2 of them though. One of them is powering my stock Miss Geico Tx with no problems.

Ive been sticking with 4s power so i have been using my esc's bec. Just wondering if your rx is rated for more then 6v or if i'll be fine using it with an mr3000

If you're using Specrtum recievers, most of the DSM2 ones will take 7.4V, no problem. They are made to be compatible with the HV servos which run on 7.4v.

[lenny]

Bananas

Keith
sorry to hear about your mess.

Banana skins absorb small, not shore how good it will work on that.

Just put them in an close it up, may need to do more than one.

[sundog]

Rain X! Go figure.