Thoughts on the Hobbywing Seaking 180A V3 ESC

[Rumpelhardt]

I'm very partial to Hobbywing stuff in my cars so I was wondering about these.

[martin]

Get the Turnigy 180a esc ( same esc as the Seaking 180a ), its much cheaper & comes with an extra cap bank.

[Rumpelhardt]

Thanks.
So my Hobbywing programming card will work with the Turnigy?

[martin]

If you have the HW prog card suitable for the HW180a marine esc + their other marine esc's then yes it works on the Turnigy 180.

[HTVboats]

https://forums.offshoreelectrics.com...-180A-SeaKings
I would read this before you buy a 180.
Mic

[Rumpelhardt]

Well that sucks. Guess I'll look elsewhere. Thanks HTVboats for the heads up.

[MadProps]

I just returned one under warranty for the same issue as posted, I told them I thought it was stuck in low voltage cutoff mode and would not power the motor anymore & in fact it was stuck so they sent me a new one and it too does the same thing and I had to turn off the LVC at least that part worked
I have 4 turnigy's that give me no problems and the HW/HK Programing card works on the turningy marine too

[Bp9145]

I have many HW 180A escs, at least 10 and not one has given me any problems. Some I've bought used and perhaps that was a good thing as I would think the seller will not sell a bad esc, especially here on OSE or the other known forums. Several HW180 I have extra caps added as well. But I did have some catch on fire because of pushing it hard or just plain old stupidity. As for the T180A they too have never given me any problems and yes I would agree with Martin as they are cheaper and have a better track record then the HW180s. If I were to make a recommendation on which to get the HW 180A or T180A I would recommend the T180A just because of their better track record. But if you decide to get the HW180A get it here or a reputable store authorized to sell them where they will honor the warranty. Now that I've mentioned it I just knocked on wood . . .hope I didn't jinx myself. LOL

[R2315]

I’ve also had no issues with the hobbywing 180A esc’s. I purchased them here at OSE and would recommend them.

[Rumpelhardt]

I am a little disappointed to read that. The Hobbywing stuff I've used in my cars has been bullet proof so far. I was hoping that would have carried over into their boat offerings.
Most of what I get for my boat I get from OSE. They have most everything I want so far and since I'm in Maine and they are in Massachusetts I get what I order very quickly and the prices seem to be very good compared to the other places I've looked.

[785boats]

The Hobbywing 180 that Steve sells here on Offshore has the extra cap bank too.

https://www.offshoreelectrics.com/pr...seaking-180-v3

I use both Seaking & Turnigy. Some with extra caps for 6s setups. Some without for 4s setups. Some older version 2. Some newer version 3.
The only ones that have failed me is when a motor lunched itself & took out the ESC. That's happened twice.
Apart from that they all run flawlessly. But I will add, that I switch off the LVC & set the boats up to finish a race with some 20% - 25% of the electrons still in the battery. So I don't have to suffer early/nuisance cutoff in the last lap of a race.

[Hydrocarbon82]

I was originally looking at a 180A HW but instead got a Flycolor 150A (OSE Raider). I don't race my boats but it's lasted 2 summers. The programmer I bought for it was DOA but I found the "audio" programming via TX wasn't that hard. OSE said they've tested it with 6S and a 4092 motor. Best $35 spent o