Stanislav, Thank you, I like to think of it as a rustic shed industry, where if the power goes out I can continue by candle light.
There is some jealousy when you see the marvels of high tech machining and 3d printing, but that's the nice thing about this hobby the sharing of information and creativity with old and new technologies.
Hi Clive, PM sent.
Stripped out the power distribution panel today to check the wiring and connections before buttoning down the deck for paintwork.
I have resoldered all the flying plugs to the red boxes having found few joints I wasn't happy with previously.
Chieftain as many will know is a very heavy model and probably takes the control gear to the edge of the R/C equipment limits. So everything has to be tip top in my opinion once the covers go on.
Stripping down the distribution board did expose some weak joints that have now been redone and hopefully will now give a good service from now on.
This is one of the early red box systems and only has one fuse for the smoker circuit, supposably because the heater could short circuit in some way. The ESC's should protect themselves with internal protection. Not sure if the sound module and amp is covered, don't think so.
So to add a little more protection,
a 50 amp breaker has been fitted to protect the whole circuit should a major unexpected current be drawn.
The pictures show the wiring in the power distribution box after the sleeving was removed, there were no bare wires on the sockets,
I had to remove the sockets to repair them. Those tiny 2mm button set screws were right mummies to loosen.
Due to the high levels of current expected on the incoming supply wiring, I also soldered the loop terminals even though they'd been crimped.
I'm sure they were good for fifty amps but there's nothing like a bit of insurance too.
After rejointing and before refitting.
(including one reverse image) I had something that resembles the piece, a few glued on bolts and a couple of brackets and it should be good to go.
