Power Functions servo playing up.

[Trainspotting Tauranga]

Can somebody please help me.

I have an old Power Functions servo motor that works perfectly fine when plugged directly into the standard AAA battery box but as soon as I plug it into an IR reciever it stops working. Hopefuly it's an easy fix because I don't want to have to buy a new one. Thanks for your help.

[amorti]

 

 

[Andman]

9 hours ago, Trainspotting Tauranga said:

Can somebody please help me.

I have an old Power Functions servo motor that works perfectly fine when plugged directly into the standard AAA battery box but as soon as I plug it into an IR reciever it stops working. Hopefuly it's an easy fix because I don't want to have to buy a new one. Thanks for your help.

Do you have another receiver to test with? My first assumption, based on your description, is that one of the metal contacts on the IR receiver is not in place. I had this issues with two of my receivers. Did you test both ports? You can use a small and thin screwdriver to bend them inwards to the center of the connector. But be careful.

[Trainspotting Tauranga]

1 hour ago, amorti said:

 

 

Thanks will give that a go tonight.

8 minutes ago, Andman said:

Do you have another receiver to test with? My first assumption, based on your description, is that one of the metal contacts on the IR receiver is not in place. I had this issues with two of my receivers. Did you test both ports? You can use a small and thin screwdriver to bend them inwards to the center of the connector. But be careful.

Tested it on 4 recievers none worked. Thanks for the help.

Edited April 6, 2021 by Trainspotting Tauranga

[Bricktrain]

As Andman says, check the contacts on the plug, most times a small tweaking of the contacts is all it needs. From memory the motors use a different pair of contacts if they are used with a receiver than if they are used with a battery box directly.