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11-01-2018, 07:14 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Italy
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|  Cheap light kit for Defender not working as intended
Hello, just bought the classic 20$ kit for the defender that you can find on Amazon/Banggood/AliExpress,  works as intended when I connect it to a ccpm servo tester, but when I hook it up to the actual receiver with the included Y cables the indicators blink randomly, the reverse light stays always on and the stop lights don't work, doesn't seem to be getting the signal from channel 2 and a dirt signal from channel one. Tried recalibrating the esc, changing drive mode, turning off Tsm, switching y cables, all with no luck. Everything on the board is connected correctly, anyone knows what's wrong? Thanks Last edited by RCPawel; 11-01-2018 at 08:46 AM. |
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11-02-2018, 01:45 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Germany
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| Re: Cheap light kit for Defender not working as intended
Sounds like a problem with power supply or loose plugs to me. You have 6V max, i.e. stock ESC and Servos? Tried another set of Y cables? They're pretty thin and should be replaced anyway. The servo tester puts out 5 or 6V? Try one that has the same as the system, maybe there's a bad solderjoint on that $1 board and it just overvolts. Last edited by amigaman; 11-02-2018 at 12:54 PM. Reason: typo |
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11-02-2018, 05:11 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Italy
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| Re: Cheap light kit for Defender not working as intended
Everything stock, the servo tester is connected to four AA batteries but works the same also with three, using the same Y cables.
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11-02-2018, 01:04 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Germany
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| Re: Cheap light kit for Defender not working as intended
Do you have another RC system to try, preferably not Traxxas? I have tried the thing in my Defender, but thrown it out because of weird functions. But it did work as intended, i just didn't like it. My guess is your main board is broken, but maybe someone else has another idea. |
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11-02-2018, 05:07 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Italy
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| Re: Cheap light kit for Defender not working as intended
No other RC, just the one Defender.
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11-04-2018, 05:08 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Great Britain
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| Re: Cheap light kit for Defender not working as intended
I bought the same kit, but never fitted it. It's destined for the dustbin.
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11-22-2018, 09:15 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Italy
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| Re: Cheap light kit for Defender not working as intended
Bought another one from the Injora Aliexpress store, this one is the original one and works, the other one was a knockoff.
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11-22-2018, 12:09 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Germany
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| Re: Cheap light kit for Defender not working as intended
Could you elaborate how they were different? Or is it just the software? |
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11-22-2018, 09:12 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Italy
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| Re: Cheap light kit for Defender not working as intended
They look the same, but you can tell that one is a knockoff of the other: "MODE." instead of "MODEL", wrong code on the back of the little pcbs, bad soldering, different fonts, etc.
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11-23-2018, 06:51 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Germany
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| Re: Cheap light kit for Defender not working as intended
Ah ok. Mine says Model, so i got an "Original", cost just 15 Euros for complete Set (without Rock lights and Lightbar), but still unusable. |
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