bb15080 Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 I have a question my 8043 is lossing power. It's shut down for a second of two even when there are new batteries in does anyone have the same problem and most of al what can I do about it the 8043 has no modfication on it Quote
mescalinum Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 I have a question my 8043 is lossing power. It's shut down for a second of two even when there are new batteries in does anyone have the same problem and most of al what can I do about it the 8043 has no modfication on it can you describe your problem better? does this problem appear after some time of play, or it is always present? or it happens under certain conditions? does it involve all motors or just one/some motors? maybe it is a bad contact (battery, PF cable), or a defective/broken PF wire... hard to tell with such few details Quote
Sokratesz Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 Are you using the right type of batteries and are all the cables connected properly? Quote
bb15080 Posted August 31, 2011 Author Posted August 31, 2011 can you describe your problem better? does this problem appear after some time of play, or it is always present? or it happens under certain conditions? does it involve all motors or just one/some motors? maybe it is a bad contact (battery, PF cable), or a defective/broken PF wire... hard to tell with such few details straight in the beginning and it always happing after a minute or something I already changes the motors but having the same problem when looking at it all the lights go off of the reciever en batterypack (also changed that) Quote
mescalinum Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 uhm, so can't be battery pack nor motors? can you reproduce the problem with only the PF parts alone? (i.e. motors connected to IR receivers connected to battery pack, and nothing else) or could be that you assembled the gears too tight, and motors overheat, and since they should have an overheat protection, they stop... but seems quite unlikely can you check temperature of your motors? Quote
bb15080 Posted August 31, 2011 Author Posted August 31, 2011 uhm, so can't be battery pack nor motors? can you reproduce the problem with only the PF parts alone? (i.e. motors connected to IR receivers connected to battery pack, and nothing else) or could be that you assembled the gears too tight, and motors overheat, and since they should have an overheat protection, they stop... but seems quite unlikely can you check temperature of your motors? I will disassemble him and put him back to in one piece I will get back on this Quote
PerryMakes Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 This set had trouble with friction in the linear actuators. LEGO introduced a service pack that included 4 new LA's (with modified threads to allow for less friction) and two pages of changed instructions. Could your whole system be seizing up and only "appear" to be losing power? Quote
Remydodge Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 Forgive me for oversimplification, but is there any chance your fingers or hands are interfering with the signal from controller to receiver? I have large hands and had this problem initially, and still have to remain conscious as to how I hold the controller. Quote
bb15080 Posted September 11, 2011 Author Posted September 11, 2011 I already had the servicepack I rebuilded the model and I narrowed it down to the ir recievers does anybody know how I am able to test them if there is enough power going through them Quote
DLuders Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 (edited) @ bb15080: There is good information about testing Power Functions Receivers on Philo's Power Functions Motors Presentation. Edited September 11, 2011 by DLuders Quote
bb15080 Posted September 12, 2011 Author Posted September 12, 2011 Thanks Dluder I will try it out Quote
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