Originally Posted by
ahicks
Truckracer-
The directions that come with the Rcexl opto switch show how it can be converted to eliminate the need for a separate battery lead. Direction .pdf included, chinglish terrible, go to the bottom of the directions and look at the before and after pics. Basically, all it does is switch it over so it's powered by the same lead that's used to turn it on and off. There's other ways of doing the same thing pretty easily as well.
Also, Valley View sells the Rcexl switches with a BEC. I don't know if they are doing that same mod in house, having them done, or have found a source for them.
I had seen that modification before somewhere. Made sense though as all that needed to be done was to get power from the receiver lead to the power input connection.
I've stayed with the Tech Aero unit though. It was a hard sell for me to try the first one as I was a serious "separate battery" sort of guy coming from the old school days. I only tried the TA then because the success stories were so "glowing with praise" and hardly a real failure in sight. I also liked the voltage regulation, overcurrent protection, isolation and filtering the TA unit provides. Will probably stick with these units until something better comes along.