Taigen Wiring
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- c.rainford73
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Taigen Wiring
I've been working on adding a Taigen IR metal sherman turret to my Mato sherman that I've rewired and have run into a problem. The wiring harness for the 360 turret has a coax machine gun so heres where I'm at...
I'm using an older style designed daughter board.
1.I assume the 3 pin connector red and black is the machine gun so thats not a problem. ( I think)
2. I know where the two 5 pin connections go to on my IBU.
3. Individual blue wire is my negative.
4. The last 3 pin wire is my issue. Yellow brown and black
I know it powers the gun elevation bit according to taigen one wire is gun fire?
So here's my question...
If I utilize two wires to power gun elevation where does the third one go to?
I know the standard taigen daughter board has a place for this 3 pin setup on the upper hull.
I guess I could just order a proper tiagen daughter board they are cheap about 5 bucks.
I was hoping to use my existing daughter board and just place the wires in proper locations.
Not sure what each of those 3 wires go yellow brown and black
The hull upper daughter daughter board pics attached.
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I'm using an older style designed daughter board.
1.I assume the 3 pin connector red and black is the machine gun so thats not a problem. ( I think)
2. I know where the two 5 pin connections go to on my IBU.
3. Individual blue wire is my negative.
4. The last 3 pin wire is my issue. Yellow brown and black
I know it powers the gun elevation bit according to taigen one wire is gun fire?
So here's my question...
If I utilize two wires to power gun elevation where does the third one go to?
I know the standard taigen daughter board has a place for this 3 pin setup on the upper hull.
I guess I could just order a proper tiagen daughter board they are cheap about 5 bucks.
I was hoping to use my existing daughter board and just place the wires in proper locations.
Not sure what each of those 3 wires go yellow brown and black
The hull upper daughter daughter board pics attached.
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Tanks alot....
- c.rainford73
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Re: Taigen Wiring
I obviously have a spot for a 2 pin connector for gun elevation on my daughter board. Where would the 3rd wire from the 3 pin connector go if I simply soldered it?
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- c.rainford73
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Re: Taigen Wiring
Here are some diagrams. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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- c.rainford73
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Re: Taigen Wiring
With some testing I've found that the 3 pin connector shares gun recoil and elevation. Black brown and yellow wires.
The outer yellow and black are elevation. The center brown lead is recoil.
I assumption is they are sharing a common + or -
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The outer yellow and black are elevation. The center brown lead is recoil.
I assumption is they are sharing a common + or -
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- PainlessWolf
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Re: Taigen Wiring
Good Morning Carl!
You have learned quite a bit about that Taigen wiring setup just from working with it. Now save yourself the headache of issues down the line ( like when I updated the wiring in my old MATO M4A176(W) and tried to use the existing board ) 5.00 or some one here having a spare and you will sleep soundly for years to come. Thanks for chronicling your work so effectively with great close-up photos. ;o)
regards,
Painless
You have learned quite a bit about that Taigen wiring setup just from working with it. Now save yourself the headache of issues down the line ( like when I updated the wiring in my old MATO M4A176(W) and tried to use the existing board ) 5.00 or some one here having a spare and you will sleep soundly for years to come. Thanks for chronicling your work so effectively with great close-up photos. ;o)
regards,
Painless
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- c.rainford73
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Re: Taigen Wiring
I agree. I figured this question has been asked before and if I document my work someone may find it useful
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Re: Taigen Wiring
sorry got that wrong.
Your three pin plug has 1 positive 2 negative the positive powers both the elevation motor and the recoil motor the negatives are 1 each for recoil and elevation not sure which way round. The red and black on the 3 pin plug is for the turret machine gun and connects with your hull machine gun
Your three pin plug has 1 positive 2 negative the positive powers both the elevation motor and the recoil motor the negatives are 1 each for recoil and elevation not sure which way round. The red and black on the 3 pin plug is for the turret machine gun and connects with your hull machine gun
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- c.rainford73
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Re: Taigen Wiring
Thanks John. I beleive I found an earlier post from you on this very same topic. I'm very close to getting this thing sorted now.
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- c.rainford73
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Re: Taigen Wiring
Appears you've nailed it John. The brown wire powers the recoil mechanism. Crazy Joe's cousin Pistol Pete approves. Once I sort each ( -) for the elevation and recoil I'm all set
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