Topic: Servo prob. (Read 2332 times)

Ginger64 · « **on:** March 11, 2016, 09:15:33 pm »

Just up graded my boat from 6v to 7.2v. Now I have a servo inside boat which has stopped working. Is it possible the 7.2 volt battery is too high for the servo and blown it.

radiojoe · « **Reply #1 on:** March 11, 2016, 09:51:07 pm »

It would depend on the where the Rx power supply comes from, it should be either be a 5volt BEC from the ESC or a separate Rx battery up to 6volt, so the servo should never get 7.2 volt.

Ginger64 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 11, 2016, 10:07:11 pm »

Servo is plugged in receiver. But like I said it has now a 7.2 battery to it via esc. Just might be coincidence that it's stopped working. Is it possible to wire it direct to a battery to test if it works. This would rule out receiver problem. If it has one.

radiojoe · « **Reply #3 on:** March 11, 2016, 10:16:05 pm »

The lead from the ESC is the BEC and is only 5 volts regardless of the voltage of the main battery, it sounds like a faulty servo.

Ginger64 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 11, 2016, 10:35:55 pm »

Thanks very much for your help radio joe .

malcolmfrary · « **Reply #5 on:** March 12, 2016, 10:30:06 am »

Apart from fitting it into a known working installation, the only way to test a servo is to plug it into a servo tester. About 2 quid from fleabay. Powering it just applies power, to check its working it needs a pulsed signal on the third wire.

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