Almost finished putting together a robot that's been in parts for many years. Just got the gears lining up correctly.
http://imgur.com/SeWs6cf
Having a little problem with the electronics which wasn't happening yesterday: when I power up the fuse for the right electronize blows. I cant see any shorts- any ideas what might be causing this?
Cheers,
James
Are you using an external BEC or RX battery?
No rx battery- so I guess yes to the BEC (sorry, I'd never heard that term before).
I meant an external BEC, the one on the Electronize looks like it's connected so if you were using an external one as well that could cause it to blow i believe.
I'm sorry- what is the BEC? The Rx is powered only by the electronize- I've not put anything else on to power the Rx.
Battery Eliminator Circuit
It supplies power to the receiver and nothing else
(Correct me if I'm wrong)
The orange and yellow intertwined wires are the BEC, this powersw the RX yes. I can't tell from the picture but you only need one of these connected, if both have them connected you will overpower the circuit, just cut one of them and tape the ends off
Exactly that John, it's the two wires (orange and red) that are twisted together, actually looking at your picture again are your rc wires plugged in correctly? the signal (white) should be on the front of the RX.
Only one of the electronizes has the BEC, and it isn't plugged into the Rx (is it meant to be? The Rx is still getting power).
I noticed that the red and orange wires are making contact- presumably this is not desirable?!?
The wires are supposed to be connected if you are using the BEC on the Electronize because that's the circuit, what i meant was other than the Electronize BEC are you using an alternative external BEC?
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