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02-03-2011, 03:19 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: wherever paypal sais.
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|  rc4wd winch
just got done waterproofing the control board for the wireless winch and i think i covered the antenna cause the range is like 2 inches like i gotta be close as crap to operate it does anyone know which part is the antenna so i can oncover it w/o compromising the waterproofing i used the cover in liquid tape technique
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02-03-2011, 06:00 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: wherever paypal sais.
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dont everybody try to help me out all at once now...
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05-06-2012, 01:47 PM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Red Hill, Pa
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| Re: rc4wd winch
Bump. Just got the same thing... worked great before waterproofing (plastiDip) but now it only works every 3rd or 4th try, and tx has to be right on it. What SHOULDN'T be covered on this board?
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05-10-2012, 04:30 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Wine Country
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I have one of those setups and don't have any reception issues. I removed my case and shoved it in some heat shrink from a hardware store. Then I used Zapp Goo on both ends and it's totally water proof. I've tested it manny times(not trying) more than I care to count. Try that.
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05-10-2012, 06:51 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: somewhere near Los Angeles...or a city looking thingy.
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| Re: rc4wd winch
there it is, he used heat shrink. I think the platidip can get a little to thick if you do a couple of layers. I would try the heat shrink, it sounds like it'll work. BTW: sometimes it takes a little while to get a response, might be a week, might be half an hour for a response.  |
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05-10-2012, 10:42 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Honolulu
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05-12-2012, 11:42 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Lakewood
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| Re: rc4wd winch
I have had some questions that were never answered.  Okay, I just happened to come across this so I'll add what I have done. Might work for you, might not. But here goes....  On one build of mine, I have dilithium grease coating the electronics. this was then heat shrunk around the edges and I used hot glue to seal the edges. This way, I was able to still use my winch line controller until I had a controller with a EPA on the 3rd channel. If you don't need to get to the manual controller, you could also place it in a balloon, zip tie the end and put a little hot glue to seal the zip tied off end. That will keep the water out. This method is also used on ESC's and receivers as well. Just make sure if used on an ESC, It doesn't get too hot or it will compromise the ballon and it won't be "waterproof" anymore! |
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