Theuglycamel
Active member
Ok so I've never had a servo tester, and broke down and bought a $6 job from ebay. Fooled with it for a few hours then put it away until I was ready to center the servos for my Golden Goose build. What I didn't pay attention to was the orientation of the balance plug I was using (yeah I know) to power the tester. And of course, I had both of my flap servos plugged in... The split second that it took me to realize my half metal digital Dynam reversed servos don't have an internal LED was enough time to smoke the motors (with the smoked clear casings they actually did light up like a lantern).
So the brilliant man than I am, figured out I had cross wired the tester. I took off my servos, plugged the battery back in (correctly)... and decided I should test those two illuminating servos. Of course the second I plugged them in, the tester sizzled, LEDs went out, and nothing... SO now I've got two dead flap servos (thank goodness I had another matching reversed pair) and a smoked servo tester.
Long story short, don't use 3 s balance plugs to power your tester if you're a dip-wad like myself. I've dedicated an old 300 mah drone 1s which i put a Futaba J end on just to be sure I don't burn up my next one. I'm more disappointed in the servos than I was the tester... this was going to be their maiden!
So the brilliant man than I am, figured out I had cross wired the tester. I took off my servos, plugged the battery back in (correctly)... and decided I should test those two illuminating servos. Of course the second I plugged them in, the tester sizzled, LEDs went out, and nothing... SO now I've got two dead flap servos (thank goodness I had another matching reversed pair) and a smoked servo tester.
Long story short, don't use 3 s balance plugs to power your tester if you're a dip-wad like myself. I've dedicated an old 300 mah drone 1s which i put a Futaba J end on just to be sure I don't burn up my next one. I'm more disappointed in the servos than I was the tester... this was going to be their maiden!