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Old 01-10-2016, 10:46 AM
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lamarkeiko
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ahicks Thanks for your input. I agree with you in supporting the wires on the rear of the dual switch with tie wraps. The solder joints look good, and with all wires bundled together, I don't see vibration causing problems.

As far as the dual switch and mention of super switch and redundancy of power to the receiver. These are 2 separate switch circuits. One circuit has a 4.8 vdc 2300 MA NiMH
battery powering my ignition with the Opto kill switch in series with the circuit. A lead from the Opto kill switch will go to channel 5 on the receiver so I can kill the engine with the transmitter. The second switch has a 6 vdc 2300 MA NiMH in series with output to channel 7 of my receiver, supplying receiver and servo power.

As far as using NiMH batteries, there were several comments on not recommending rhe use of them that I would like further explanation on why. My Hite servo instructions actually says better to use high capacity NiMH instead of NiCd battery.

Lamar