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Would the Stock Controller Running Off A 9V...
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 4:59 pm
by CheeseWarfare
If I hooked a 9V Battery to my controller would it gimme enough juice to charge A Dual Cell wired in series?
Thanks in advanced for helping a poor foo like me.
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 5:28 pm
by hogjowlz
IT WOULD GIVE MORE JUICE THAN YOU NEED AND PROBABLY FRY THE PCB ON THE CONTROLLER. IT MAY NOT BUT IM PRETTY SURE YOU WILL WRECK IT. ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT THO.
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 5:53 pm
by CheeseWarfare
Well once I used if for a few seconds and it wad fire i wired it up and turned the controller on and It was fine. Note, it was a Zip controller not Bit.
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 6:28 pm
by extrememicros
From what I understand from OTP at HitlerVille Forum, you can add a nine volt but you need to get a voltage regulator??? or whatever you call it to drop it to five volts, as this is the most that the boards in the TX's can handle. This will charge dual and tri celled cars, but you also get a nice range increase as well. Single celled cars can benefit from range increase from this mod, but charge them on a separate station.
Holla
KRS-One
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 7:12 pm
by CheeseWarfare
Would it do anythign destructive to my car if I charged it on there with a raw 9V and and nott he Volt dropper thing u talked about?
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 7:31 pm
by ezenterprises
From what i have gathered, the tx pcb regulated the amount of voltage to the charger plate ( this was in a Zip controller, dunno bout bit) so even with a 9v the car wont receive a bigger charge. But you can rewire the charger up directly to the 9v and not go thru the pcb and then it is recommended that you use the 5v regulator like todd stated. There was a rather large thread/tutorial kinda at a different site on this.