Major issue with new build. ESC's burn to the touch.

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irishluck

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Im trying to complete my new build here.
Ive checked and rechecked all my wires and there is nothing shorting out or touching.

My ESC's are plugged into the cc3d and ESC's plugged into the motors.

I plug in the battery and the cc3d FC lights do not come on but the ESC's start to heat up immediately.
I decided to do a little troubleshooting and unplugged the ESC's from the FC and then plugged in the battery again, the ESC's do not heat up.

Bad FC?
 
irishluck said:
My ESC's are plugged into the cc3d and ESC's plugged into the motors.
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Try plugging just one ESC into the CC3D, if that heats up unplug it and try another.

To test the CC3D get a USB cable, and either GCS or LibrePilot on your computer and plug it in and see if it lights up and shows up in the software.
 
I kinda found out what it was. Not sure exactly.

I took the old pins off for the ESC's to plug into that are on the FC and soldered new ones on and it works now.
I carefully inspected them before I took the old ones off and saw nothing soldered incorrectly or touching.
So I really have no idea what the deal was.

I just hope no damage happened to the ESC's.
I burnt my finger when I touched one of them.
 
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