Cap pack soldering - am I crazy?

[dure16]

The seller is saying a Castle employee wired up the cap pack this way for him. I find it hard to believe they’d completely cut the battery wires off and rely on a solder joint to carry the entire battery current.

Isn’t normal practice to leave the wire intact, slice a bit of rubber off, and use that opening to solder the cap pack?

Would you trust this setup?

 

[Tex Koder]

Shocking!
They must have gotten the most green technician to do the repairs on this one...

 

[Sandracer_NL]

Just by the looks of it that’s a no go for me.

 

[Tex Koder]

I wouldn't trust that solder joint.. it's going to come apart right after your first tumble. And cause a short.!

 

[RCbuzz]

I would redo those!

 

[slick2500]

That is 100% a hack job, it looks like they soldered 8 gauge wire on top of 10 gauge.

 

[Rcproponent]

The seller is saying a Castle employee wired up the cap pack this way for him. I find it hard to believe they’d completely cut the battery wires off and rely on a solder joint to carry the entire battery current.

Isn’t normal practice to leave the wire intact, slice a bit of rubber off, and use that opening to solder the cap pack?

Would you trust this setup?


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what the actual f…

Yea, wouldn’t trust that at all..

From eBay or?

 

[mat60]

To be honest I have never installed a cap pack yet but now that I may need one it only took 5 min or less to see what needs to be done.

 

[BashingBrian]

Friday job...

 

[dure16]

what the actual f…

Yea, wouldn’t trust that at all..

From eBay or?

FBM

 

[slick2500]

FBM

Do a dispute with PayPal. Castle will allow you to trade it in for a discount off a new one.

 

[Tex Koder]

FBM

That's just embarrassing.

 

[dure16]

Do a dispute with PayPal. Castle will allow you to trade it in for a discount off a new one.

Oh I haven't bought it. I was considering it until I zoomed in on the pic. Figured I'd confirm my thoughts here.

 

[slick2500]

Oh I haven't bought it. I was considering it until I zoomed in on the pic. Figured I'd confirm my thoughts here.

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