Power/failsafe LED

[fwsorg]

Lol. It does seem slightly silly to me. Still, red tape is a disease that no one is safe from, even the FRA it would seem :-)

[geoff]

Hang on, I have a red non flashing LED on both our machines and I have never had a problem.
I know the rules prohibit flashing LEDs But to be honest, Im not sure that they actualy prohibit red. No doubt Sam Jones can set us all straight on this one!

[jas]

I have a nice little super powerful blue LED i think i shall use. for my LED set upo can i run it throught the same circuit as my Removable Link which is the RX supply?? cos wihtout that the robots dead. Thoughts?

Jas

[shredderteam]

There is currently no guideline on colour of the light, it has been discussed that this may become needed at a later date, but as yet weve not encountered any problems.

As Eddy says red tape is a disease, lets not make it any more complicated than it needs to be.

Mandatory power lights on featherweights will be included in version 1.2 of the rules, which are due released by May 1st.

Sam
FRA Safety Executive

[stu]

There you go then.
I think it was Andy Kanes personal view when he said to me try and advise people away from Red.

No idea why to be honest? any comments?

Mr Stu
PS - im a blue person - blue LEDs all the way!!!

[jamesb]

Maybe something to do with Red being the colour that least registers on the human opitics, and will not show up under colourd lights in an arena. Yellow, green and blue will.

Also, Crustacean has red flashing eyes.....

Finally, with the safety lights, the pressure relief valves, the failsafes, and the links all introduced into featherweights within 12 months, has anyone realized that they have quite a bit of their weight in safety, and all Rexs challenge stuff is illegal?

[blazerbotics]

rexs stuff is still ok, as you dont need any PRD below 50psi, and thats the max they can go to.

[jamesb]

but they need safety lights, failsafe and links...

these are not on the rexs rules as far as I rememeber, so we are denying entry to the robots built for his competition.

Not argueing the rules, just saying things have moved so quickly is Rex even aware he needs to rewrite his rules?

[stu]

I agree James. There are alot of safety aspsects in the sport now. Can see why failsafes etc were not introduced to Rexs Rules when they first came about, eg no spinning weapins, no pneuatmics over 50psi etc, even tho 50psi with decent flow rate could still hurt if it was a spike! But i see your point, and yes they are all starting to weigh up a bit.

Mr Stu

[blazerbotics]

also cost abit too!