HomerJHandley 6 Posted March 2, 2011 Hi All, recently won this on the bay, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...T#ht_500wt_1156 , however it needs a 12v source, now apart from a car battery, is there anything else that could power this? rather than needing to dig out the 12v convertor used for camping and buy a ciggie lighter/wire to wire it up?? ta also any tips on how to use this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BiggusDitchus 38 Posted March 2, 2011 Laptop power supply I think should do job, plenty on ebay. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HomerJHandley 6 Posted March 2, 2011 Found an old psu from something, 12v, right polarity. the discharger says 0.2A and this gives out 0.5, but all works and turns on. just need to charge batteries up as the discharger didnt appear to work, but i did run the cells twice so maybe they are quite low, will need to see and have a play to see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HomerJHandley 6 Posted March 2, 2011 Appears to have taken offence with one set of batteries, smoke, red hot contacts and smoke.. splitting the pack seems to have worked, individually they are all ok, so rich, can i borrow your saddle pack gizmo and offer some pennies if you have any connectors to rebuild the pack to something better than it was... grrr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HomerJHandley 6 Posted March 2, 2011 likely user error. The smart tray needs the battery connectors to be a specific way as well, otherwise smoke/etc will occur. so you cant just use the -ve pole, you need to ensure the battery connectors are also properly aligned (the instructions dont specificy this very well) anyhow http://www.teamnovak.com/products/info_upd...Tray_update.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Singapore_959 18 Posted March 4, 2011 The smoke is very special and part of the smart tray experience. It's even more special when someone else sees it making it while you are using it They all do that, the cells have to be in a partic order. You may find those cells are infact more powerful now. Its called dead shorting I believe. I was told the cells will only work once after but I have cells that lived many more years even after the impressive fireworks Mind what the tray sits on when you are using it, it can get quite warm underneath and may melt soft plastics etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BiggusDitchus 38 Posted March 4, 2011 Appears to have taken offence with one set of batteries, smoke, red hot contacts and smoke..splitting the pack seems to have worked, individually they are all ok, so rich, can i borrow your saddle pack gizmo and offer some pennies if you have any connectors to rebuild the pack to something better than it was... grrr Yeh no problems chap, but im not going to be at racing next week. If you need packs soldering up no problems and no cost. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
