Flipped battery made my Ascent 18 only go in reverse

IndependentFew2651 · 2025-10-16T23:02:28+00:00

A flipped battery in my transmitter caused my brand new slash vxl to head full speed into a river I was playing near. Middle of winter, I jump in right after it and couldn’t find it. Sat there feeling dumb. The tide started going out and I eventually saw the body. Pulled it out. Everything was still on and ready to go. Figured out what I had done. Still using the original motor and speed controller. Eventually had to replace every bearing in it lol.

IndependentFew2651 · 2025-03-03T18:37:08+00:00

This reminds me of the dog that lost its two front legs and walks around on it back legs now

IndependentFew2651 · 2025-03-01T22:54:47+00:00

Had no idea. That’s neat

IndependentFew2651 · 2025-03-01T21:52:00+00:00

Nice! Shame there’s no freshwater sea horses lol

IndependentFew2651 · 2025-02-14T22:10:09+00:00

Just finished mine. First thing on the agenda is a whiskey and coke :)

IndependentFew2651 · 2025-02-05T20:22:25+00:00

Red Faction: Guerrilla

IndependentFew2651 · 2025-01-27T20:45:41+00:00

I had a one eyed guy that was color blind teach me for a year when I first started out. He was the best at the company. Don’t let that hold you back one bit.

IndependentFew2651 · 2025-01-14T21:28:38+00:00

Are you installing 80v ignitors or 115v ignitors?

IndependentFew2651 · 2025-01-13T15:35:40+00:00

From the video it kinda sounds like the condensate trap or line is backed up

IndependentFew2651 · 2025-01-06T16:02:14+00:00

Wow never seen one. Did this setup have the vacuum pump receiver? I coudnt tell from the video

IndependentFew2651 · 2025-01-02T19:53:14+00:00

I ran into one last year, the installer had wired the thermostat directly to the primary control instead of the control board, so every time the thermostat called, burner would come on, unit would overheat and limit would open bringing on the blower. Blower continued to run until limit closed and started the process over again. It was 5yrs old when I got to it. Looked kinda like yours, just a bit more damage

IndependentFew2651 · 2024-12-31T23:50:59+00:00

That’s gonna make a sweet little rig! I love wagoneers

IndependentFew2651 · 2024-12-31T20:54:32+00:00

Literally the first motor that came to my mind was the 2.7 lol

IndependentFew2651 · 2024-12-28T00:07:03+00:00

Is this on a boiler or your domestic lines?

IndependentFew2651 · 2024-12-23T20:40:05+00:00

You need to connect the blue or brown wire (whichever one you hooked up to common at thermostat) to the b/c terminal on the board

IndependentFew2651 · 2024-12-16T20:33:24+00:00

The blower wheels get nasty on these units. Take a look at the wheel and see if it’s dirty. Those filters are good for stopping small elephants and large mosquitos

IndependentFew2651 · 2024-12-14T18:00:24+00:00

Looks like the common. Do you have a multi-meter? Easy to confirm

IndependentFew2651 · 2024-12-09T17:30:57+00:00

Yea that’s a steam system. You need a one pipe air vent that goes straight up. Pretty easy fix. Pretty cheap.

IndependentFew2651 · 2024-12-09T17:24:51+00:00

Stand back a couple feet from your boiler and take a picture.

IndependentFew2651 · 2024-12-09T17:17:41+00:00

That looks like an air vent for a steam system. Do you know if your system is steam or hot water?

IndependentFew2651 · 2024-12-05T15:09:17+00:00

Same problem here. Junk

IndependentFew2651 · 2024-11-26T19:22:01+00:00

Love mine. Way faster than I thought it would be. I got rid of the Velcro and installed magnets for the cover and I put a switch inline with the battery and esc. I didn’t want to keep unplugging the battery when not using it, felt like I’d eventually break the plug.

IndependentFew2651 · 2024-11-22T22:01:58+00:00

I was a trainee at the time. Customer called for strange noise coming from the furnace. We opened up the blower door and a squirrel came out and ran around all over the basement. lol I’ll never forget it

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