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Jeff Gregory
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Post by Jeff Gregory »

Hi guy,
Any ideas?

My tank died while driving around a level grass area, still have power to turret but no drive at all. Batteries are full charge and nothing jammed as I pushed it into the shed.
Was driving ok going strong and just stopped, not to run again. And the motors were hot.
Any help appreciated.

Jeff

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Adrian Harris
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According to the manual, there's a "self-resetting trip" inside the speed control module, so maybe this has been tripped ?

Leave the tank to cool down and see if it will fire up again.

I don't know if it needs the power disconnected to reset, or just needs to cool down.

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Hi,

The 'trip' I'm aware of (and encountered) is current sensing, it basically cuts the speed controller and resets by itself within a couple of seconds without the need to do anything.

If it doesn't return to operation after waiting a bit then other than checking fuses and that you are getting power and the receiver signal to the to the speed controller I would suggest you contact Mark (at Armortek).

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Post by Jeff Gregory »

hi guys,

Problem solved care of Mark, one 40a fuse blown in power supply module.
Simple and easy to fix.

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Post by sean kerambrun »

Awesome news Jeff.

I don't have my motion packs yet.. I must chase them up

Cheers

Sean

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Post by sean kerambrun »

Hi Jeff

I finally have the cent running and blew the same fuse as you . And I was taking very easy as it was the first time out. Once you replaced it has it blown again?

Cheers

Sean

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