tgr6669

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Hi Guys . I have been tanking for a while . Thought I would upgrade a few of my tanks with clark boards . Well , here is the problem , I have tried 4 different boards ( TK-22 ) in two different tanks , three fresh batteries , two different receivers and radios ( futaba and Hobby King )The radios and receivers are out of other tanks
so I know they work . There is no power to the receiver. I have hooked everything up as per internet instructions several times to no avail . The boards are also from 2 different sources . What am I doing wrong ? They all could not be bad . Any suggestions ? Thanks , Allin

bowlman

How did you wire your power on switch by way of battery or did you use the area on TK-22 were your to put a switch or jumper .

tgr6669

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By way of battery . Used the power terminal as it plugs into an RX- 18 .

Tanker 10

Did you get any jumpers with the boards, is it installed.

tgr6669

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No I don't think I did get any jumpers . You need a jumper to power up the receiver ?I thought jumpers were for programming . Guess these things aren't as plug and play as the Tk-20 or DBU's .The led lights on the receiver won't light up . Can't tell if the board is even getting power . It was working fine with an Rx-18 and DBU before I disassembled the electronics .

Tanker 10

Yes, if you don't have the jumper in place it won't fire up. And you're right, you'll need a second jumper for programming. I didn't get any jumpers either when I bought mine. I wasn't even told I needed one. They should come with the boards without having to ask for them.

bowlman

They don't give you a jumper you have to make your own or find one that will work to cross the pins .
I was wondering if he did not have a jumper or switch there so that's why I was asking what way he wired it for power .

Jimmy

Airbrushler

look inside old computer or old cd drives sometimes there are jumpers in those

B.A.D.A.S.S.Force

As far back as I can remember people converting to a Clark board for the first time, not placing a jumper on the SW pins has usually been the main reason for the no power issue.

The information actually has been listed under the Assembly Guide area in the online guide and in the PDF TK20 guide file I put together from Clark's info a few years ago, but it's rather, let's say, less emphatically stated as it probably should be . . . though the new text is written in red in the online guide, lol. The text is still the same as the old PDF, but a new image has been added to the online guide which shows the SW pin location with a jumper installed under the suggestion to add the jumper to short the pins when using a power switch on the battery cable path.

~ Craig ~

tgr6669

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Thanks Guys , for all the info . I have some jumpers from my DBU s going to give that a try . Thank you for that picture Craig . That clears a lot up . Yeah they should be adding those jumpers with the board , Gonna work on the tank this afternoon . Will post if success or not .

tgr6669

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Thanks Guys , for all the info . I have some jumpers from my DBU s going to give that a try . Thank you for that picture Craig . That clears a lot up . Yeah they should be adding those jumpers with the board , Gonna work on the tank this afternoon . Will post if success or not .

kizwan

People tend to skimmed through the guide since it's too long. It's not surprising to missed important information like this.

tgr6669

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Thanks again Guys . Hooked up the smoker switch to where the jumper goes and success ! It works ! Thank You again !