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Robo_Coyote

19-02-2007 00:57

pic: Broken Light

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tdlrali

19-02-2007 00:58

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If it was useless before, it's even more useless now :D
I'm sure they'll have spares at the regionals, don't worry.

Elgin Clock

19-02-2007 01:03

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We fried our light so I opened it up with a dremel to see if we can fix it looks pretty impossible our advisor is going to be pissed in the morning

It kinda looks like the circuit board inside the flashy magnetic body jewelry they sell at the carnivals and parades for like 5 bucks a pop.

Interesting. I would of thought there was an actual bulb in there with how big the housing is, but I guess it's just a nice LED cluster.

Cool.

EricH

19-02-2007 01:03

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Originally Posted by tdlrali (Post 581384)

If it was useless before, it's even more useless now :D
I'm sure they'll have spares at the regionals, don't worry.

Hopefully they resupplied the spare parts carts with the new stuff. This is one of those things that they provide, IIRC.

Sharkbyte

19-02-2007 01:08

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How did you fry it?

Robo_Coyote

19-02-2007 01:15

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Our electrician decided to test it by hooking it strait to one of our main batteries...... Note to teams not a good idea.

amos229

19-02-2007 01:23

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I think the warranty is voided now, im not sure though, *quick grab the epoxy we can rebuild him, make him stronger than before*

Mr.G	19-02-2007 06:27

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The light is ~$50, believe it or not. :ahh:

I love AB.:yikes:

Al Skierkiewicz

19-02-2007 08:49

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Originally Posted by Robo_Coyote (Post 581406)

Our electrician decided to test it by hooking it strait to one of our main batteries...... Note to teams not a good idea.

That should not have killed it.

Taylor

19-02-2007 12:19

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Ours got fried too - we don't know what happened to it but it is now very dim. Like we have to take it to a dark room to see it dim.

Andrew Blair

19-02-2007 19:55

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As I remember, the old team led clusters operated at 12 volts. Therefore, plugging the light into the team LED outs means that the new diagnostic light is also meant for 12 volts, and the main battery really couldn't have hurt it.

I think your mentor will be pissed for a different reason.

Daniel Brim

19-02-2007 19:59

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Truly a throwback to the revolving light.

(sorry, it had to be said)

-Daniel

LightWaves1636

19-02-2007 20:11

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Originally Posted by boiler (Post 581645)

Ours got fried too - we don't know what happened to it but it is now very dim. Like we have to take it to a dark room to see it dim.

We had that same exact problem. We saw the price for another one and so I had to spend about a couple of hours figuring out what made it dimmer. Turned out, some of the metal shavings from all the holes the team kept drilling into the bot, got into where the relay sits - cleaned it out and now the light became operational again.

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