TK80 Smoke issue

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TK80 Smoke issue

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Help

My TK80 board on testing there was no smoke checking the board pins CN10 and CN11 there is no voltage on the pins looking at the diagram am I supposed to supply battery power to them or not?
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See the attached TK 80 manual; everything is explained clearly in the section "Connector and pins assignment, It seems, from what has been mentioned, that there is an "inter" socket that needs to be activated?
www.clark-model.com/eng/prod_rx80/index.html
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Hi

Read the manual can’t get my head round what needs doing hoping someone has done this to explain a bit easier to understand no idea what an inter socket means
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Re: TK80 Smoke issue

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Hello :)
So, unless I'm mistaken? CN 10 is the power supply for the smokehouse heater, and CN 11 is the switch that controls the system's On/Off function. There's only one battery to power the entire circuit board and all the tank's functions. If you scroll down further on the page linked below, there's a photo of the "HL Smokehouse" and text explaining everything that can be done with it.
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It’s a TARR smoke unit has separate fan and heater cables surely as the on off control is on the transmitter signal (SWA) and the board has battery power already connected surely this should provide power to the heater but as stated the fan starts up and shuts down correctly with SWA switching but there is no power on the pins for the heater in any state, as far as I can tell it’s a software switch signal so surely the board has power it should power the heating element Heng long boards can manage it?
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