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April 13th, 2014, 20:20
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Warm motor, warm lipo
Hey guys, sorry if this goes on a bit but I'm going to try and give as much details as possible.
so I'm in need of some advice. I have recently started upgrading an ics m4, I'm using a merf 3.2 wired in advanced mode with an nano-tech 11.1V 1200 mah stick battery. Stock 18:1 gears ( shimmed twice just to be sure so I'm pretty sure that's not it) and an ics turbo 3000 motor which I am going to upgrade to a lonex A1 within a few weeks. All of the upgrade parts were purchased new from airsoftstore.ca The problem is that the motor and battery are getting warm after only 10-15 trigger pulls. The upper gearbox isn't even in play so it's not like it's struggling to pull the spring or anything. Now I know motors can get warm with an AB MOSFET but I'm pretty sure a lipo warming up is bad news all over. After enough pulls it stops working which I assume is the fuse being tripped. I have checked the resistance of the wiring and all seems well. The only resistance I find In The whole system the from one end of the merf to the other but only on one side ( positive I think). That's all the prudent info I can think of, any and all help would be appreciated.
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April 13th, 2014, 20:22
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bad motor most likely, drawing too much amperage.
What's the C rating on the lipo? And throw that battery out since it's already damaged |
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April 13th, 2014, 20:26
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Motor was fine on a non lipo battery before I swapped everything out, is it possible that it wouldn't show this problem until a lipo is hooked up?
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April 13th, 2014, 20:46
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Are you checking shimming with all the gearbox screws in?
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April 13th, 2014, 20:47
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April 13th, 2014, 20:50
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yes
NiMH mini batteries don't supply amperage anything close to what your lipo does. Not to mention with the higher voltage, I wouldn't surprised if you're now running at 4x the wattage you were before. problems like this do occur with airsoft motors, 90% of the motors out there are pretty junky construction. Most likely you've got a short between the two brush hoods. Looking at pics of the ICS turbo 3000 now, they used metal screws on the brush hoods. If they have a metal retention plate or the screws are touching the magnets, that's your short right there. It'll pretty much draw as much amperage as that short will handle, which is definitely more than your lipo can supply. |
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April 13th, 2014, 21:02
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Also as soon as a lipo gets warm it need to be disposed of? I wouldn't say it got hot, but definitely noticeably warm.
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April 13th, 2014, 21:28
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did you start your shimming from the pinion & bevel?
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April 13th, 2014, 21:39
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Although I didn't start at the pinion / bevel they seem to be meshing fine, certainly well enough that it wouldn't be causing this drastic of a problem. At least I don't think so lol it can be hard to tell with a V2
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April 13th, 2014, 21:43
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If pinion bevel meshing was THAT bad you'd hear it very audibly.
Have you checked your motor brushes? I've had this happen once when a brush wire snapped. |
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April 13th, 2014, 22:03
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all intelligently built motors use plastic screws to fasten down the brush housings to ensure they don't short
if the screws go deep enough, they'll touch the top of the magnets inside the motor what holds the end bell on the motor is a retention ring, sometimes it's plastic, sometimes it's metal. |
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April 13th, 2014, 22:04
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Yup, brushes are like new. The motor hasn't seen a lot of use.
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April 13th, 2014, 22:43
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if you have a multimeter, take the brushes out and test for continuity on the brush hoods
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April 13th, 2014, 22:51
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a quick search of ASM or youtube for "bevel shimming" will yield an actual boatload of information on the subject, why you should do it that way and how to do it. (I'm trying to find the video that I used to use to show people but I lost the link somewhere) compare for yourself what your gearbox sounds like to what a properly shimmed gearbox sounds like and then you can decide. everybody else is giving you perfectly good advice on how to treat the symptoms you've described, but this is how you treat the disease.
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April 13th, 2014, 23:08
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I've been shimming gears from the spur for 8 years, I've never run into excessive amp draw from any guns I've built. I've only ever noticed the condition from bad motors.
If you were holding the gear train up enough to cause an amp draw in excess of 40A, you'd be able to hear it for sure and your ROF would go up by an audible amount if you backed the motor off |
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