Weird Gen.1 problem

[DRFTKO]

I purchased a gen.1 xmod on ebay the other day. It came today and the chassis is stock with no upgrades. Well I put some regular rechargeable batteries in it and tried it out. It drove fine but then the batteries died. I took the batteries out and swapped them with another fully-charged set of rechargeable batteries. I turned it on, the servo centered itself, but the motor would not turn. I swapped the motor out with another one and i tried it again. The servo centered itself again but the motor would not turn. The second time the batteries got hot and seemed like they died. I checked the board and the fets are fine. There is no binding at the gears either. Anyone have any idea what the problem could be? What is causing the batteries to get hot?

[xmodificationer]

hmm this is weird, that happened to me once but the batts didnt get hot. it would steer but it wouldnt go i just moved the pinion on the motor by hand and it started to go

[DRFTKO]

The main problem is the batteries are getting hot and in return loosing their charge. What could that be?

[xmodificationer]

hmmm idk whats wrong then, make sure the batts are in right and your not mixing batts i guess

[DRFTKO]

Originally Posted by xmodificationer

hmmm idk whats wrong then, make sure the batts are in right and your not mixing batts i guess

I never mix batteries, ive been in this hobby long enough to know that. Please dont answer if you have no idea.

[123Vette]

Originally Posted by DRFTKO

The main problem is the batteries are getting hot and in return loosing their charge. What could that be?

ummm u probilly just andswered it ur self ur batteries are probilly old and cant hold a charge ne more some of my batts are starting to do that as well one got so hot i couldnt even touch touch it, test the batts see if they work in another car

[DRFTKO]

Originally Posted by 123Vette

ummm u probilly just andswered it ur self ur batteries are probilly old and cant hold a charge ne more some of my batts are starting to do that as well one got so hot i couldnt even touch touch it, test the batts see if they work in another car

yea, all four of them are getting to hot to touch. The batteries work fine in my other cars.

[123Vette]

hmmm i dk then its probilly an old chassie and it cant handel bad batteries do u have ne other batteries u can try?

[civicblack10]

servo centres but motor does not work.... sounds to me like the fets are gone.

[DRFTKO]

Originally Posted by civicblack10

servo centres but motor does not work.... sounds to me like the fets are gone.

well the motor works fine. The problem is the batteries get hot and then loose their charge.

[mustang-04]

exact same thing happened to me before. check the board and make sure the positive and negative wires that run to the battery holders arnt touching.

maybe a poor solder connection, or frayed wire...

[Crazn]

yeah u should chheck the board to see if ur positive and negitive touch. same thing happened to my cuzin but his FETs got fried

[DRFTKO]

well it seems that the problem is fixed. There was some debris underneath the board, but all is well now. The only thing wrong now is the usual gen.1 servo problems. Thanks for everyone's help.