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Problems with sound unit

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:23 pm
by David Hopkins
I have an early tiger and a mid tiger both with the original sound units when I built the tanks and wired in all the electrics the sound units worked for the first (five minutes) and then they stopped and haven't made a sound since, pardon the pun. Is this a common problem with the original sound units or something I may have done wrong with the wiring? Although I believe the wiring I done is correct beacuse everything else in the tank works. Can anybody shed any light on this? :roll: :roll:

-Dave

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:17 pm
by leesellars
Hello David

The early sound modules from armortek Are allright but you do get the sounds coming off and on when required. I would recomend that you upgrade the sound to the new benedini system. Its very good also you get 8 sounds on it.

Lee

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:24 pm
by David Pengelly
Hello David ,
i also had a similar problem with my early sound system in the tiger1. I changed the switchers for the turret rotation, and gun elevation to esc,s and this cured the problem. In some cases the switchers give back emf ( or so i am told ) and this affects the sound system.
The later Benedini system doesnt suffer the same problems , and as Lee says its much better .

esc switches

Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:49 am
by David Hopkins
Can you tell me more information regards these switches, where they go and what they wire into and what are they??

Best Regards
David

Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:04 pm
by Mick Regan
Hi David

The switch units are the 2 smaller of the Electronize units. They are use to control the turret rotation and gun elevation motors. They look like the one arrowed in the picture below

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If you need any more info, look at the Electronize site at http://www.electronize.co.uk/model_elec ... frames.htm

Hope this helps

Mick