Wiring lights

[monkeyracing]

I was playing with the lighting setup for the CC-01 today and noticed that it was taking battery voltage and stepping it up to 9v at the output side. I also noticed the lighting controller is kind of big for running 2 sets of lights. It's the TLU-01, with 8 channels out and a controller input of some kind.

I saw a video a few days back (wish I'd bookmarked it) of a guy who set up a rig where had a 9v battery stuck to the chassis of his crawler. He ran the wires from that to the body posts where they were attached to 2 wires. On the body, the lights were mounted as normal, but connected to a matching pair of washers, so when the body was attached, power got through to the LEDs.

What I'm trying to figure out is A) Where the hell dd I see this video? and B) How has Tamiya set it up so 2 red LEDs in series can handle 9 volts? Reds are usually about 1.5v each and with 2 in series, 3v. Haven't seen a resistor anywhere on the lights or in their wiring. That extra 6v should have them dying in about 30 seconds.

Jim

[SFC K]

Originally Posted by monkeyracing

I was playing with the lighting setup for the CC-01 today and noticed that it was taking battery voltage and stepping it up to 9v at the output side. I also noticed the lighting controller is kind of big for running 2 sets of lights. It's the TLU-01, with 8 channels out and a controller input of some kind.

I saw a video a few days back (wish I'd bookmarked it) of a guy who set up a rig where had a 9v battery stuck to the chassis of his crawler. He ran the wires from that to the body posts where they were attached to 2 wires. On the body, the lights were mounted as normal, but connected to a matching pair of washers, so when the body was attached, power got through to the LEDs.

What I'm trying to figure out is A) Where the hell dd I see this video? and B) How has Tamiya set it up so 2 red LEDs in series can handle 9 volts? Reds are usually about 1.5v each and with 2 in series, 3v. Haven't seen a resistor anywhere on the lights or in their wiring. That extra 6v should have them dying in about 30 seconds.

Jim

Good question. I would post this in the electonics thread. You will get more viewers to answer your questions...

[monkeyracing]

Done. Thanks!


Jim