I’m going to shorten the battery cables and use a Weatherpack connector instead of the connectors that came with the battery and motor.
Is there any reason not to add an inline fuse between The battery and motor? I was thinking about using one of these...
I observed it with the cover off. The sparking and smoking appeared to be coming from the drive side, but I couldn’t really tell how high or low on the controller the origin was.
I ordered a new controller from Electrify, so I’ll pull the old one and post a pic some time next week.
I have a frightening problem with my TSDZ2. As soon as I connect the battery, the controller starts smoking and sparking. It wasn't always this way. I opened up the motor to replace the blue gear with a brass one, but I had problems when I put it back together and tested it out.
First I noticed...