IBC controllers

[grant_ploughbot]

yes ill be keeping it here.

[psycho_fling]

good good, i have sent a e-mail to you grant if you dont respond ill post here again

thanks for the help

[psycho_fling]

can i ask how many people think these are a good controller? and how many people have had them blow up?

thanks alex

[aliboy]

I had weird problems with mine. Wired everything up and worked for about 2 minutes and for some reason the big capacitor , one of its legs went red hot and separated and then the voltage regulator blew up. No idea why though.
But you shouldnt be discouraged by my post , many guys in Australia have had no problems at all and they take a fair bit of punishment.

[geeza]

Mine broke originally because i didnt mount it properly and the heatsink moved and pulled all the legs off the fets. But I Alistair says it is a good controller, possibly better control than the equivalent Vantec.

[grant_ploughbot]

Agreed - possibly better control wise than the vantec and much better features, just ashame there were a few bad ones out there and they cant take the current of the vantec

[psycho_fling]

how much is the suitable vantec? and how many channels do they have?

thanks alex

[geeza]

Only the 2 channels, the last vantec RDFR23 i bought was about £180, down from £250 the previous time due to the exchange rate and I got round paying import duty.

[grant_ploughbot]

If you ask them politly they wil send it as a gift or sample and get you around the import duty - mine didnt get through customs and i ended up paying 250 fot it, great controllers though.