Short circuited esc

[Jakebowman420]

Hi guys amateur mistake here. I have short circuited both my esc's! One I put the power and negative the wrong way round the other I was testing power output with multimeter and short circuited it. Any way I can fix these? Thanks

[typhoon_driver]

Do they work? Did the magic smoke come out? I'm going to assume the answer is no then yes. In which case, chances are they are goosed.

[maddox10]

In theory you can repair any damaged ESC, as long the PCB isn't damaged.

Doing so isn't that easy.

[Jakebowman420]

Hi thanks for the reply! Both of them have leds that still come on but when plugged into receiver it does not power on. There is. No buzzing noise coming from the esc like there was before. There was no smoke, just when I touched it with a multimeter it switched off. Also I have noticed that when you flick the switch to turn it off. Nothing happens and led stays on

[Jakebowman420]

Also both are
only giving about 1.8v from the plug that goes into receiver

[Shakey]

Your BEC is dead. Meaning the lights are on but no ones home (or rather nothing is actually happening in the ESC).

*May* be fixable if you have some background in electronics. But may also have killed other parts of the ESC.

In futures make sure you are using polarised connectors and obey the polarity (Like XT or EC connectors) and be careful when handling a live system. Especially if you have a LiPo connected.

[Rapidrory]

Its likely that both the BEC and processor is dead.. Usually terminal I'm afraid..