Hi Everyone,
I'm a newcomer to this forum. Please put me in the right direction, if I've posted in a wring forum
I don't have much electronic knowledge, but I can fix some stuff but inspection. I need some help with installing LED lights for my nephew's RC car. What I've got is a 4-way controlled Audi R8 toy car. The car needs 3 x 1.5v AA batteries and the controller needs 2 x 1.5v AAs. I bought LEDs (3v) from local Maplin and did some wiring work for LEDs to work like in real cars:
1. Upon switching on, front white (x 2) and rear red (x 4) LEDs come on - direct connection from batteries
2. When reversing, one white LED at rear centre comes on - rear motor
3. When 'trun' button pressed (left or right) on the controller, flashing LEDs (font and rear) comes on - connection from front steering motor
All the connections work fine, however, when the car is operating (moving) the battery power is not enough (LEDs consuming too much power?), especially the flashing LEDs (indicator) not bright enough.
My question is....I want use a 9V battery to power up only the LEDs, but get the signal from the front steering motor connection?
Any help on this highly appreciated.
Car : http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9143937.htm
Wire connections : https://postimg.org/image/dt5mlvtvf/
Some videos:
Cheers
I'm a newcomer to this forum. Please put me in the right direction, if I've posted in a wring forum
I don't have much electronic knowledge, but I can fix some stuff but inspection. I need some help with installing LED lights for my nephew's RC car. What I've got is a 4-way controlled Audi R8 toy car. The car needs 3 x 1.5v AA batteries and the controller needs 2 x 1.5v AAs. I bought LEDs (3v) from local Maplin and did some wiring work for LEDs to work like in real cars:
1. Upon switching on, front white (x 2) and rear red (x 4) LEDs come on - direct connection from batteries
2. When reversing, one white LED at rear centre comes on - rear motor
3. When 'trun' button pressed (left or right) on the controller, flashing LEDs (font and rear) comes on - connection from front steering motor
All the connections work fine, however, when the car is operating (moving) the battery power is not enough (LEDs consuming too much power?), especially the flashing LEDs (indicator) not bright enough.
My question is....I want use a 9V battery to power up only the LEDs, but get the signal from the front steering motor connection?
Any help on this highly appreciated.
Car : http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9143937.htm
Wire connections : https://postimg.org/image/dt5mlvtvf/
Some videos:
Cheers