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Noob Light Question
Topic Started: Mar 9 2012, 04:18 PM (393 Views)
Small Factory
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So, I have a Wraith, and also have soldered up some LED's to a servo wire to go directly into the receiver on an open channel (for another RC). Anyways, the light are always on, no matter if the channel switch is thrown or not. To make the light s go on and off, do I have to use the white (3rd) wire for power activation/deactivation, or do I need to get me that special controller thingy....?
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I have the Wraith with simple LED controller and the lights are always on with it too. I was thinking of throwing an on/off switch between the power of the controller. It sucks you can't use the 3rd channel like an on/off or at least I have no idea how.
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depending on the voltage being used - this is what I use in one of my Blizzards to control the lights on a spare channel

http://www.dimensionengineering.com/picoswitch.htm
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That is cool.
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Ah, that is what I was thinking. So, you need a pico-switch to toggle on and off the LED's. I was trying to find a way to switch them on and off, and just assumed that throwing the channel on and off would do the trick, but they are on all the time.

I don't mind the led's being on all the time, but seeing I have a 5 channel transmitter, I wanted to set up some different led's on each channel, so I could choose to turn some on and off at different times.

I really wanted to get a flasher bar for the Blizzard, and toggle iron and off, separate from the normal spot lights.
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Even though it is an on/off switch the receiver sends out pulses that are so fast that you cant see it on the lights but you put a pico switch in line it can tell when the switch is on or off by deciphering the pulses whether they are on or off. I was always wondering the same thing so I asked one of the guys that knows everything at one of my LHS and that is what he told me.
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Cheapest option I have found: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=8833

Add some resistors and you have got all you've wanted!
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Madda
Mar 11 2012, 08:20 AM
Cheapest option I have found: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=8833

Add some resistors and you have got all you've wanted!
Thanks for the link! That is cool.
Edited by ZippoMan, Mar 11 2012, 03:58 PM.
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With that pico switch if I wanted to turn my axial simple led circuit on and off would I just splice that into the positive wire of the power for the led circuit? I think that is all I would do for a manual on/off switch. I am guessing that would work for the pico switch. I am not sure at all about that Integy thing. Maybe I will just leave the leds on all the time for now...lol. I don't need to bugger up perfectly working stuff yet. :D
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