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Old 16-08-2009
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right last night my gtb went up in smoke...nothing wired up wrong or anything.just decided to blow itself up.

anyone any wiser on why it did this and what fault could be?
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Speedo's just do it sometimes due to no fault of the racer. Is GTB brushed or brushless? Never seen or heard of a brushless releasing the magic smoke...
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My Novak GTB speedo just went, with blue smoke, last year. It was just sitting there all plugged in waiting for the race to start.

I was told it was something to do with feedback from the servo but I dont know if this is true or not.

I have only heard of this before on two other GTB's.

I sent mine away to see if it could be fixed as it was outside the 120 day warranty and I was told no as it was too badly damaged.

My mate who bought his GTB from the same shop at the same time is still working and it hasnt missed a beat in 3 years.
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Old 16-08-2009
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well its prob just electrics....

this was just sat there all ready to race,plugged in and as switched on to go race.....up in smoke it went.

speedo has been fine for two years.
shame.
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Sounds very similar mate
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Old 16-08-2009
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Default speedo fire!

mine went up 2day it did look gd tho hehehe
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