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can the bind port on receiver be used to power LED lights??

Old 09-08-2013, 07:36 AM
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I have a ar7200bx receiver and need a channel to power my led lights the only open port i have is the bind port, can this be used to power my led lights?
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Other than the signal pin, the pos and neg pins are the same as any of the other pos/neg pins on the receiver bus.

So as long as you're not trying to turn them off and on, yes sure.
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Question: I have my LED's plugged into the Bind port and the lights work fine. But when I the DX8 binds with the receiver the all the lights begin flashing at different rates. Where do I need to make adjustments to correct the blinking?
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It would be better to power LED's some other way than through the RX.
Even a "Y" power cable to the LED system and the RX.
Since I use motors instead of engines, I'd add a second BEC for things that
are not basic to flight control. An example is my P-51. The retracts and flaps are powered by
one BEC, and everything else by another.

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