Transmitter not working
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Applelover786
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Transmitter not working
Hey guys i was playing with my tank and my transmitter batteries were really low and you could hardly see the light soo i changed them and i turned everything on the loght didnt come on i tested it with the tank to se if it worked and it didnt could someone have a fix for that
Re: Transmitter not working
Sometimes I find when the light wont come on, the batteries are just not seated right.
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Re: Transmitter not working
(Marc) iv tried that and iv put new batteries in its like the whole system blew up iv only had the remote for 5/7 days
Re: Transmitter not working
When you say "whole system" do you mean the tank too or only the transmitter? You might try a warranty return from the vendor although some of them will not cover electrical parts/electronics it's worth sending them an email to ask.
I'll talk about the transmitter, my two cents on it i.e. What I'd try. I'm no expert like some of the old hands here but you may want to try take apart the box to look for loose connections or loose contacts. Are the battery contacts corroded or has their connecting wire from behind come loose from one of the contacts? If the box rattles when you shake it something has broken or come loose inside. To open the transmitter box Just remove the screws and carefully separate the covers, (fortunately nothing is going to fall out if you don't touch a thing it goes back together easily.) Give it a good sniff inside and smell it-if it smells burnt, its dead so time to buy another soon .. if no burnt smell detected, Move the controls and examine the contacts best you can. Some of it is hidden but you can see some of the control contacts, if anything is loose, broken, hanging by its wire or otherwise broken you may be able to spot it.
If you see nothing obviously wrong you might, if you are both brave and optimistic, try to disasemble further and hope you find something that is actually repairable with glue or solder or something like that. From experience talking..to me this is just asking for trouble, with any good outcome unlikely (there are no spare parts even available after all) so I'd think about a new one, a replacement transmitter is only $30 or so.
I'll talk about the transmitter, my two cents on it i.e. What I'd try. I'm no expert like some of the old hands here but you may want to try take apart the box to look for loose connections or loose contacts. Are the battery contacts corroded or has their connecting wire from behind come loose from one of the contacts? If the box rattles when you shake it something has broken or come loose inside. To open the transmitter box Just remove the screws and carefully separate the covers, (fortunately nothing is going to fall out if you don't touch a thing it goes back together easily.) Give it a good sniff inside and smell it-if it smells burnt, its dead so time to buy another soon .. if no burnt smell detected, Move the controls and examine the contacts best you can. Some of it is hidden but you can see some of the control contacts, if anything is loose, broken, hanging by its wire or otherwise broken you may be able to spot it.
If you see nothing obviously wrong you might, if you are both brave and optimistic, try to disasemble further and hope you find something that is actually repairable with glue or solder or something like that. From experience talking..to me this is just asking for trouble, with any good outcome unlikely (there are no spare parts even available after all) so I'd think about a new one, a replacement transmitter is only $30 or so.
