doug, i posted a few years ago about the thought of using something such as a earphone jack as the switch (in a way). the earphone jack would power a HD relay (that would allow power to the tank), the earphone plug itself would have a wire sticking up, out of it with a flag on it. when it's plugged in, your tank has power, when it's out, it's dead. i was thinking of this more so as a simpler way for killing a run-away as all you'd have to do is grab the flag and pull it out vs trying to bend down and flip a switch the only drawback i see is for some of the tankers that like to run under low branches as it could get pulled out if it where to get snagged chris In a message dated 7/28/2014 9:06:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
I have a very basic question about the power switch for our tanks. The rules wisely require an externally accessible switch that kills power to the tank. I’ve seen those huge, ugly, battery kill switches with the giant red removable key handle. Other than that, what’s a good choice for a main switch ? I’d like something a little more compact. Normally this would be no big deal, but when you consider the currents that flow through most of drive systems you quickly exceed the 30A capacity of most heavy duty toggle switches. Bad Kitty just sort of ignores the switch rating as I suspect many of the vehicles in the hobby do. I’ve been thinking of using the external switch to supply power to relay windings and using the relay to supply the main tank power. What do you think ? - Doug -- -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
