Ahhh Emergency!! Help Asap!

[Eli the rc guy]

Ok well, as the tittle says my poor TB02 with my mamba max had a little.... accident with a pot hole filled with water... I don't know if it was completely submerged in water (MM) but after it came out I accidentally pushed the reverse throttle...immediately after that the car switched in reverse and turned left 2 times.... I don't know what the reasoning for this is... It is either my receiver got fried or my mamba... Any give me any advice on how to ttreat this as best I can tell me!!! I NEED ADVICE ASAP!!!

Thank you in advance!!

[chilledoutuk]

erm well take the electronics out and dry them by leaving them on a radiator or something overnight.
Ideally test the mamba with a different receiver to see if it is functioning ok. The mamba should not be affected by water really as the ecs has some silicon coating on the electronics.

It might be worth opening up the receiver and drying the pcbs with some tissue.

Once everything is dry again then connect stuff back up and test to see if it is still being problematic.

If there are still problems then you need to test each component individually which means test your Esc with a different receiver and your Receiver with a different Esc.

If it is your mamba that has problems then they are likely to fix it free of charge if you have not had it for more than a year.

[ElectricThunder]

I'll echo what chilled said. Simply dry everything out for a day (open up the receiver to make sure no residual water is hiding). After everything is completely and totally dried, hook it all back up together and see if it works.

Chilled is right about the mamba max having a coating of something on it to make it, at the very least, water resistant (I've gotten water on my mamba max, and no issues at all).

The receiver is more likely to be the culprit over the mamba max (or at least I would think).

[Eli the rc guy]

Ok, so i look apart the receiver and a noticeable amount of water came out in the presses.. It looks like it has got a little rubber around some parts of the electronic parts too. If you say the Mamba is fine, I'll take your word on it. There shouldnt be anymore water inside the receiver now.

thanks again.. I was really nervous when it fell into that pot hole...

[ElectricThunder]

The only thing that I can think of that might have screwed up the mamba, is if there was salt in the water that you fell into. If there was salt in the water (making it an electrolytic fluid), then something may have shorted out, but in that case, it probably would have burned out.

The receiver having a bunch of water in it was probably the culprit. Let us know what happens!

[glassdoctor]

The most likely item to get ruined by hitting a puddle is the reciever. The MM is not totally waterproof, but it does have a clear coating on the circuit boars, so it's basicly splash-proof at least. I would say the MM is fine.

What I do in this event (anything electronic..) is take off the case etc/open it up... and put them in the oven on low heat (@150-200) and/or use a hair dryer on them for a while to speed up the drying process.

In most cases everything is ok. Also, it's best of course to immediately shut off/remove the battery from electronics when they get wet.

[chewie]

soak the reciver for about five mins in rubbing alchol then let it sit out and dry
the rubbing alchol will displace the water and will evaporate very quickly once removed let it sit for a day or so in a warm spot before powering back up

saved many a reciver doing this..

[ElectricThunder]

That works too; I usually do that. Just blowdrying it should work just as good though.

[chewie]

blowdrying can damage some of the components.. you dont wanna get them too hot.. your best bet would be just soaking it in the rubbing alchol and letting it air dry..

[ElectricThunder]

It's not like I kept the blow dryer directly on the electronics, nor did I keep it that close. It didn't even get any of the components warm.

[Fenris]

Get a damp-rid refil and put some in a tupperware container and use it as a dessicating chamber, use that after you have cleaned everything with rubbing alcohol. Thats what I did after launching my electronics & Max into 2 ft of pondwater. I still use the same battery, this happened about 9 months ago and everything is still fine.

[Eli the rc guy]

Alright, this may have been over kill X 10 but i let all the electronics dry since the day of the accident... ( plus i havent had time to mess around with the car.. I really need to clean it..) I just plugged in the esc and receiver tested it and seems to be working top notch.

Again: thxs to all who responded!!