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  1. 01-18-2013 06:47 PM #1
    monsterenergy9865
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    battery overheating

    my brother has a kb rally and he asked my to swap the esc cuz i found out he fried it after one use so i swapped it out with a spare i had and plugged a traxxas 1400mah 11.1v batt into it and it started smoking and expanding rapidly. why is this happening
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  2. 01-18-2013 09:17 PM #2
    Cglennrichardson
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    Sounds like you have a bad lipo. Be careful.
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  3. 01-22-2013 03:55 PM #3
    Vlad Grigore
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    she's loosing to much voltage, try to use a 2S lipo and see if you have this isues. I believe your pack is all most dead
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  4. 02-21-2013 06:46 AM #4
    Gymkhana1999
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    Lipo is at its death because u probably didn't turn on low voltage detection on the esc so that way it beeps to tell u it damages the lipos life.
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