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07-21-2010, 08:32 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: costa rica
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|  Cheap winch controller made....Video added
Well I had to come up with something since I burnt my RC4WD remote winch controller and after asking if it was possible to send it back for repair, and getting a NO as an answer I decided I was going to make my own controller from trash I had arround. The task was EASY... I took a broken servo apart, and used the main board as a controller (after all a servo moves a motor correct). You can use an old servo that doesn't work anymore with stripped gears or burnt motor the important part is that the main board is good. I dissatured the servo motor and in the place of the motor I placed the positive and negative power cables that power the winch. After that I adjusted the pot of the servo so that I had zero volts in the centered position, put a drop of superglue so that the pot wouldn't move anymore and dipped everything in plastidip. Result: The controller works perfectly and the cost of it was ZERO. So no more spending money on a winch controller....  Last edited by norbyx; 07-24-2010 at 10:22 PM. Reason: video added |
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07-21-2010, 08:35 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hayesville
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Sounds like a good mod
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07-21-2010, 08:37 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Oakdale, MN
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This is a great idea. You got any pictures on this how too? |
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07-24-2010, 12:28 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: May 2010 Location: Brunei Darussalam
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pictures will help alot in this $0.00 mod | |
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07-24-2010, 12:47 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Greece, sun, sea and rocks
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You can also omit the case and use the board without the pot. In place of the pot you must solder a couple of 2.2k resistors. Works like a charm at a fraction of the weight and size.
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07-24-2010, 09:48 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: costa rica
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Ok since I thought that pictures would require explanation I thought easyer to make a video on how to....Hope it helps out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opX0aOp_WBs |
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07-24-2010, 11:58 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: West Omaha
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Nice job. I have started making vids for stuff like this as well. It is much easier than trying to explain something.
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07-27-2010, 04:25 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hayesville
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So we just need 2 of the 2.2k resistors? Any pictures of this mod with the resistors? Quote:
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