Electrical Systems and ideas...

[mechanicalbrain]

Originally Posted by Sparks333

Hello!
I always was one for getting the conversation off topic...
This is not about neatness, but it is about effeciency. I noticed lots of major connectors (say, between the Vics and spikes and the motors and solenoids) in several pictures, and that's all good and fine, but the big issue with connectors is they can come loose, they can get dirty, or they can simply be forgotten and left unhooked. I propose an LED system in each major connector bank, so if its not connected, it completes a circuit and the LED lights up brightly to let the whole world know the connector isn't doing its job. It would, of course, be very easy to depend on it too much, and get false readings from it, but if you had multiple places where the LED gets its signal, possibly though an AND gate, you could become very accurate in your quest for unhooked wires.

Just a thought, but I quite like the concept.

Sparks333

You know thats a brilliantly simple (the best kind) idea! cut of a small patch of insulation out and lay in a LED! I think I'm going to incorporate that into next years electrical system! It cuts out the need for a multimeter in terms of checking electrical flow. However i tried to think about how to light a LED when a connection isn't made and realised its allot easier to have it light when their is a connection! The one important thing to do is make sure the LED is properly re insulated with the wire so you don't have a live wire. Thanks allot and this is what i created the thread for so you are actually bringing the thread back on topic!