6S on Turnigy / Seaking 180A ESC?

[haianhusa]

Has anyone tried 5s or 6s on Turnigy / Seaking 180A ESC. It claims to support up to 6s but I tried 3 times (2 times on 6s and 1 time on 5s) and 3 of mine ESC got burnt. I used the internal BEC though. I want to try again without using the internal BEC but I am a bit too scared. Can anyone please give me your input.

Thanks.
Allen Pham

[blackcat26]

I think you may have run into trouble is using the BEC over 4s. I think with a castle bec or a Rx battery you will have no trouble. There is a member here running a twin cat with castle 1717's on 6s no problems on t180's.

[haianhusa]

How do you disable the internal BEC? Do you just remove the red wire from the connector that connects to the receiver?

[blackcat26]

Yes. Just take a small screw driver or something and gently pry the metal section out of the connector (red wire). Then you can run battery pack or a Castle BEC.

[Rumdog]

If you've burned 3.... why would you try again? Good luck.

[forescott]

I'd be curious to hear the hull/motor/battery/prop setups used with your t-180's that burned.