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Re: Removing red LED
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 2:35 am
by Ragnar
After some digging found this thread again and after learning how to get the turret off and on snipped the wires on the red led.........DONT, realized too late if ya do you lose the sound from the main gun,now I guess I’ll have to buy another led install it and paint it black.
Re: Removing red LED
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 3:17 am
by Max-U52
Take the two wires that were attached to the led and connect them together, hopefully with a bit of shrink tube or electrical tape to cover the splice.
Re: Removing red LED
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 3:45 am
by Ragnar
Max-U52 wrote:Take the two wires that were attached to the led and connect them together, hopefully with a bit of shrink tube or electrical tape to cover the splice.
That’ll work without causing a short?
Re: Removing red LED
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 11:17 am
by Son of a gun-ner
Ragnar wrote:Max-U52 wrote:Take the two wires that were attached to the led and connect them together, hopefully with a bit of shrink tube or electrical tape to cover the splice.
That’ll work without causing a short?
In simple terms, in this case, the wires either side of the LED are just a continuation of the same polarity wire with the LED in the middle. They are only different colours to get the LED the correct way around. Positive to the source of the power.
Re: Removing red LED
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 2:55 pm
by Max-U52
No, it won't cause a short. Mick explained it pretty well, we're just removing the LED from a circuit where it was wired in series. Once you connect the wires and fire the gun the juice that used to first light the LED and then went on to activate recoil is now just skipping the LED and going straight to the recoil circuit.
If you're that worried about it, reconnect the LED and wrap it in electrical tape and leave it tucked into the turret.
Re: Removing red LED
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 3:40 pm
by Ragnar
I was pretty sure that was the case remembering from my Model Railroading days,just wish to clarify it was the same with RC tanks .....thanks guys.
Re: Removing red LED
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:20 am
by Son of a gun-ner
The only thing to remember with LED's, is that they cause a voltage drop in the circuit, therefore anything in a circuit after an LED will get a slight voltage gain with the LED removed.
A small diode can be placed where the LED once was, but I don't think it will be necessary in this instance.