HK 150A ESC: Avoid Purchasing!

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I made the mistake of buying one of these.

They are supposedly rated from 2-6s but that is a lie.

Mine ran on 2s just fine, and then when I switched to 5s (on a 2250 Kv sensored motor - not very high Kv) it went up in smoke within 1min of run time.

The worst thing is - when you try to return the faulty product, HobbyKing will ignore your emails / support tickets / RMA. I followed the RMA process and received no response.

I have now purchased a XERUN 150A ESC and it has been running perfectly with no problems on the same 5s lipo and 2250 Kv motor. Please do yourself a favour and do not buy this garbage product.

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zaibatsu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Gold (AU) USERID: 1350170 Newbie Joined: 10/Mar/2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Quote Reply Topic: HK 150A ESC: Avoid Purchasing! Posted: 30/Mar/2012 at 3:35pm
	I made the mistake of buying one of these. They are supposedly rated from 2-6s but that is a lie. Mine ran on 2s just fine, and then when I switched to 5s (on a 2250 Kv sensored motor - not very high Kv) it went up in smoke within 1min of run time. The worst thing is - when you try to return the faulty product, HobbyKing will ignore your emails / support tickets / RMA. I followed the RMA process and received no response. I have now purchased a XERUN 150A ESC and it has been running perfectly with no problems on the same 5s lipo and 2250 Kv motor. Please do yourself a favour and do not buy this garbage product.

coptor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Platinum (MY) USERID: 635220 Hobbyking Addict Joined: 30/Sep/2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 847	Quote Reply Posted: 30/Mar/2012 at 4:20pm
	Did you ever tried entering programming mode using more than 3s lipo ? If you did, there's your problem.. that alone is enough to cause the esc to smoke in future usage. Suppo Microcontroller... notorious for not being able to handle over 3s programming.

zaibatsu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Gold (AU) USERID: 1350170 Newbie Joined: 10/Mar/2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Quote Reply Posted: 02/Apr/2012 at 11:57am
	I did not enter programming mode at all. The ESC correctly recognized my 5s Lipo (5 beeps) and I was happy with the default settings so did not even use a programming card on it. So that was not my problem. After much pain and hassle (poor support from HobbyKing) I have received a refund through paypal.