My car stopped Charging!

moxman · #1 12-22-2006, 07:55 PM

Damn! my car stopped charging!

ive been playing with it for quite a few days now.
and it stopped charging. its still working though. when i placethe car on the charging cradle.

Symptoms:

charging light is DIM
Charging indicator lights up and wont go off when i press a button on the controller

Namuna · #2 12-22-2006, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by moxman

charging light is DIM

Put fresh batteries in the controller/charger.

moxman · #3 01-02-2007, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Namuna

Put fresh batteries in the controller/charger.

I've done that bro. nothing seems to work.
i think the car's charger is busted.

the car works fine once its in the dock. however once i remove the car. the charge indicator wont go off. and the car's battery is dead as stone.

i dont have much knowledge how to troubleshoot RC's maybe you guys could share something to make this BIT work again.

#4 01-03-2007, 03:24 AM

The battery in the car is probably dead. When on the charger it can pull power from the batteries in the remote.

Azimov · #5 01-03-2007, 04:28 AM

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The battery in the car is probably dead.

I agree. Replace the cars internal battery and I bet she'll be zoomin again.

moxman · #6 01-03-2007, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Azimov

I agree. Replace the cars internal battery and I bet she'll be zoomin again.

thanks guys. i'll try to change the car's batteries as soon as i get one.
i'll think i'll just buy a new microsize car and tinker with the old one. see how it works.
Pity i just changed the wheels.

rxheaven · #7 01-10-2007, 08:37 PM

i am very new here, but already find it easy to find my way around. now that that is out of the way my problem; about 3 years ago i purchased a Char-g (its a white NSX) and recently when using it i find that it will run for about 20-30 seconds before stopping completely without warning. i am writing this here as i thought it could be a problem with the battery. after these problems i have the taken apart the rear section of the car and removed all dust etc. but this has made no difference. also when the car has stopped the steering still works but it just does not move. any help would be greatly appreciated.

Azimov · #8 01-11-2007, 05:10 AM

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when the car has stopped the steering still works but it just does not move

Sounds like you are losing the connection to the drive motor. You say you've cleaned the dust out, but have you checked to see if both connections are tight against the motor? You may want to to try a motor out of another car as well.

rxheaven · #9 01-11-2007, 06:34 PM

after reading your advice i have pushed the connections underneath the motor upwards while the motor is not in the car. any advice on how to strengthen the other connection at the rear of the motor. possibly something to extend it out?

Azimov · #10 01-13-2007, 12:20 AM

I haven't owned a Bit, so I'm not sure how the butt of the motor makes a connection in the chassis. If it's like a Zip, I would just bend the little metal tab on the chassis out a bit to make a stronger contact. Perhaps a small piece of folded aluminum foil between the motor and chassis contacts will help.