hook up LED lights with 3 ch receiver and kill switch

[buzzkill]

SO I have a ROvan Buggy and added a killswitch on Ch 3 ( 3 Ch. receiver ) I got some led lights to night run just for fun and tried to hook them up , I got a cable splitter so I could split the kill switch control BUT when I hook it up the kill sw. stops killing/working ? , SO I tried to split the power into the receiver and the light never come on ?
Any ideas on how to hook this up ?

 

[Jshaff16]

4 channel receiver?

 

[crucialRC]

?You flip the connection at the plug where you split the power to the receiver? Maybe plugged in backwards?

 

[buzzkill]

?You flip the connection at the plug where you split the power to the receiver? Maybe plugged in backwards?

Naw one way plug , they are keyed

4 channel receiver?

That was my thought , these are just for fun , if it is cheap I might go 4 chan. but my Trans is 3 chan so ?? , I just need to split power at the battery switch.

 

[crucialRC]

Naw one way plug , they are keyed

Futaba plug and receiver? Doesn't mean they didnt pin them wrong? You should be able to hook it straight to the battery and they should turn on. If not, then either bad led(or wired incorrectly) or wrong voltage.

 

[buzzkill]

Futaba plug and receiver? Doesn't mean they didnt pin them wrong? You should be able to hook it straight to the battery and they should turn on. If not, then either bad led(or wired incorrectly) or wrong voltage.

everything pinned OK , I am familiar with servos from a custom Microphone positioning system I designed a few years ago that used servos, I am gonna try direct to the battery switch out that should work no problem , I wanted to avoid cutting and rewireing crap . I actually split the power to the servo but they did not come on ?? I must not understand the schematic ??

 

[Seandonato73]

If you had power and ground reversed to the led's they wont come on either. Normally the led lights will work across a rather broad range of voltage.

 

[Rep732]

I'd check the led's straight to battery power first ...eliminate all possibilities inline from battery to the lights..then you can weed out each component till you get back to the lights

 

[buzzkill]

the lights work they come on in my first setup , BUT the kill sw. does not work so ????

 

[Rep732]

Im gunna go out on a limb here and say that splitter is gunna be an issue...probably can only split like components...probably lights are robbing the power to the killswitch.... on my five t it has lights designated on 1 channel and kill switch is on its own channel.

 

[KevTrem]

On my truck and baja I had the lights on a Y splitter after the ON/OFF switch and before going into the receiver, so they where only powered when the truck was on.
I now have a control module that goes inline with throttle servo which gives front spot lights, rear tail lights and then rear brake lights too on my truck.

 

[buzzkill]

On my truck and baja I had the lights on a Y splitter after the ON/OFF switch and before going into the receiver, so they where only powered when the truck was on.
I now have a control module that goes inline with throttle servo which gives front spot lights, rear tail lights and then rear brake lights too on my truck.

I need to try it on a servo like the throttle , they should have power all the time right ??

 

[KevTrem]

I need to try it on a servo like the throttle , they should have power all the time right ??

yeah they have power all the time and the signal wire determines when to move and which direction plus travel.