Is this normal ?

[oskygt]

I have an FG sedan to which I've installed a super bee switch, and I have installed the front brakes on channel 2 via a y cable and servo reverser, and they work well, my question is on the bench when I power up the car, and test the brakes, the kill switch starts beeping and flashing. (motor not running ) so I am kind of worried something is wrong with my electronics. What do you guys think ? BTW, before the change in the servo to ch2 and y splitter, everything was working fine, so do I chance starting the engine?

 

[oskygt]

I also have a killer bee on my Baja, no problems at all, works great.

 

[atom3624]

It's got to be related to power load - possibly split off the power feed to the servo?

Al.

 

[myrcbud]

Or your battery is worn out. Batteries go bad. Also check your end points. How old is the battery?

 

[myrcbud]

Also check your wiring from engine to rx. I have plenty of cars with high demand servos connected to a y harness for steering with no problems. Also it could be your cut off range on the kill switch is either to high for that battery. Nimh or lipo. Nimh I have found lose capacity over time and charge cycles. I still use them in gas boats though for safety reasons even though lipos are becoming more prevalent on that side of the hobby.

 

[oskygt]

Thanks for the help guys and fast responses, but I found the problem, took out all the wires and started all over with connections and found that the switch had a shredded wire, must have pinched it when I stuffed everything into the receiver box and must have not noticed it. live and learn, and I pride myself on my wiring. Still kicking myself, haha. Thanks Bud and Atom, you guys rock.

 

[oskygt]

BTW, battery is a 5100 pack, but I think I better go lipo.

 

[crankestein]

To me lipos are over-rated, the nihm batteries do their job on the high torque servos on both; the X2 and the KM baja.

Make sure the servos and receiver can take lipo...
Although I have seen your baja is more of a project with very minimal runtime.

 

[oskygt]

Sorry, but the Baja gets run every chance I get, also the FG, I got a nice park right in front of my house where I can run both no problems, no shelf queens in my garage, everything gets run, hopped up and run some more. Next, more tires.