19-02-2007 00:58

tdlrali

Re: pic: Broken Light

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

19-02-2007 01:03

Elgin Clock

Re: pic: Broken Light

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.

19-02-2007 01:03

EricH

Re: pic: Broken Light

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

19-02-2007 01:08

Sharkbyte

Re: pic: Broken Light

How did you fry it?

19-02-2007 01:15

Robo_Coyote

Re: pic: Broken Light

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

19-02-2007 01:23

amos229

Re: pic: Broken Light

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

19-02-2007 06:27

Mr.G

Re: pic: Broken Light

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

I love AB.

19-02-2007 08:49

Al Skierkiewicz

Re: pic: Broken Light

That should not have killed it.

19-02-2007 12:19

Taylor

Re: pic: Broken Light

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.

19-02-2007 19:55

Andrew Blair

Re: pic: Broken Light

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.

19-02-2007 19:59

Daniel Brim

Re: pic: Broken Light

Truly a throwback to the revolving light.

(sorry, it had to be said)

-Daniel

19-02-2007 20:11

LightWaves1636

Re: pic: Broken Light

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.