Re: hot switches [TANKS]

[lionelandme-at-aol.com]

In my limited knowledge of electronics, there must be a short somewhere 
and its overloading the electrical appliances to the point where they 
melt.
Kevin Fischer

-----Original Message-----
From: xchrysk-at-otenet.gr
To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
Sent: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 4:05 PM
Subject: hot switches [TANKS]

        you might smile with my ignorance, however I must report that I 
used the half moon relay as described in the 'how to Articles' page, 
and the switches just get very hot with 18 V - 6 Amps.  They get so hot 
to a point that their plastic parts melt down. The grease I used on the 
half moon disk and relays gets so hot that it burns and when I open the 
hatch of the tank it smells like a burnt hamburger! I then replaced 
them with brass switches, but they still get hot.
 What am I doing wrong?
 Chrys


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