I can't tell from the photo ... did you solder one lead of the capacitor to
a motor power line and the other end to the motor case ? If so, I don't
think that's wise.
- Doug
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Joker
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 7:20 PM
To: R/C Tank Combat
Subject: [TANKS] Re: Motor Noise
Ok, took a few more days then i figured, but i finally got some
pictures. I posted them in the files section. Uh, how do i put them
in the message? I'm sure i use to know how, but i forgot. Anyhow,
they are in the files section. Name stars "M" and has the specific
thing that i'm trying to point out. I put it all back together, and
works as good as when i started.
On Jan 31, 1:14 am, Don Shankin <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was going to suggest that you buy some diodes as well, but it looks like
> you're all set. What type of caps did you buy? (electrolytic, ceramic,
> expensive mylar...?)
>
> Also, I don't know what you paid for the caps from Amazon, but if you've
> never been to the site before I usually get all of my stuff from
> futurlec.com. They are by far the cheapest place I've ever seen for
general
> components all the way up to things like ADCs and microcontrollers. The
> only downside is that the shipping can be hit or miss sometimes, and on
one
> order (out of dozens that I've placed) I had to wait for a while.
Otherwise
> they've been awesome. Also, I think they're based in australia, so you
guys
> may have better luck with shipping down there
>
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Joker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I broke one open. I'll take pictures of it tonight and post them.
> > Didn't see any capitors in the one's i bought off ebay. Bought a
> > whole bunch of 0.1uf cap's off amazon. figured i'd try to install
> > them to keep from frying relays. I also bought some relays with
> > diodes in them, in another attempt to keep me from frying relays.
> > I'll have to see if all my little bits work soon. I figure its this,
> > or start running my tank at 12v instead of 24v.
>
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