Taigen to Clark Conversion

[silversurfer1947]

I am converting my Taigen M41 Bulldog to a Clark board so I can fit wibblywobbly's IR turret. Next to the smoker connections on the Taigen RX18 is a 2 pin socket for the rear light, described in one diagram as Tank Back-up Lamp. Where do I connect this on the Clark board, please?

[c.rainford73]

Hi there on the Clark tk60 there's a dedicated pin for it. If it's the tk22 or 24 I'm not sure.

[silversurfer1947]

I will have another look.

Edit: Had a look - no spare socket on the TK22. The TK60 has a whole rank of light sockets labelled with an L - I guess that's partly why it's more expensive. The only thing I can think of at present is to wire the rear lights in parallel with the front lights. It's the first time I have thought that rewiring with a Clark board is actually a retrograde step, though it is outweighed by the other benefits, I suppose.

[PainlessWolf]

Good morning ( and of course, Happy Chocolate Bunny Ears Fools Day )
SS1947, I pulled the TK22 out of my MATO M36B1 and replaced it with a TK24. That TK22 had the light plug socket and MATO had the rear lights plugged in there ( or so I think ) I will check and verify in the build thread.
regards,
Painless

[silversurfer1947]

Thanks Painless. I could well be missing something, not being very knowledgeable about these thing.

[Ludwig von wigbearer]

Good afternoon Richard, I also had the mato tank destroyer with the factory fitted tk22, the rear lights I believe were
plugged in to the smoker switch outlet, no smoke unit was fitted, other than this you maybe can connect to the headlights

regards john

[PainlessWolf]

Good morning again!
John has the right of it. There was no smoker used on my M36B1 so I used the extra plug for the rear lights. Have fun with your Build!
regards,
Painless

[silversurfer1947]

Thank you both. I rarely use a smoker, but have not made a final decision on this one. At least I have 2 options.

[maxmekker]

I will have another look.

Edit: Had a look - no spare socket on the TK22. The TK60 has a whole rank of light sockets labelled with an L - I guess that's partly why it's more expensive. The only thing I can think of at present is to wire the rear lights in parallel with the front lights. It's the first time I have thought that rewiring with a Clark board is actually a retrograde step, though it is outweighed by the other benefits, I suppose.

tap into the front light connection ( + use a 200ohm resistor)

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As Stian says, you can use a 200Ohm resistor in parallel like diagram below.