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  9. Fuse for A1 Decoys / Rotor Coys - Turbo Flapper ?

    in Pigeon Decoying Equipment

    Posted

    Hi

    The Turbo Flapper & Timer arrived safely at 07:38 this AM many thanks.

    To give me added piece of mind I think I am going to add a Standard Car Blade fuse on an additional length of wire - The Fuse would cost pence as a-posed to a blown motor !

    Do you know the wattage of the motor on the Turbo Flapper or what size fuse would be best to protect the motor ?

    Thanks

    Simon

     

    Thanks for your message,

    Got hold of the motor supplier last night, he said there really is no need to put a fuse inline as they are designed not to need one but is you really really have to do it then it must be no more than 500 milliamp. Hope this helps,

    Kind regards

    - sportingagent

     

    Hi

    Thanks for your reply about Fuse....

    Ah your motor supplier (MFA? or similar) says I don't really need a Fuse - so the motor wont burn out if something got jammed.

    Perhaps I wont bother then, but if I felt compelled to do so a fuse no bigger than 500 milliamp / 0.5 amp will do the trick.

    I have also remembered to leave you Positive Feedback on the sale !

    Cheers

    Simon

  10. Fuse for A1 Decoys / Rotor Coys - Turbo Flapper ?

    in Pigeon Decoying Equipment

    Posted

    Didn't think you would need one if you got wires round the wrong way the motor is just reversed ?

    I was thinking more like, if the motor got over strained / over loaded because of seized linkages or if I forgot to break the wings.

    My thinking is that all 12v devices / circuits in a car are protected by a fuse & so are all devices in the house.

     

    phone them up very knwolegable they are

     

    Yes I emailed them the other day, I'll post up their response in a min...

     

    Cheers

    Simon

  11. aa decoys flapper

    in Pigeon Decoying Equipment

    Posted

    whinge over neither AA or A1 got my dosh, went for a beasley job their stuff is IMHO the best :good: so I will stick with what I trust

     

    cheerio

     

    KW

    Hi KWGlad you got sorted & purchased a new Flapper of a different make / design.Let us know how you get on with it please.SimonBTW I tried pm'ing you, with similar msg, but I think your inbox is full.

  17. aa decoys flapper

    in Pigeon Decoying Equipment

    Posted

     

    some job on the garage, looked like you had i lot of broken stuff in first pic

     

    perhaps if the linkage jams under stress its a good idea that the plastic breaks rather than motor burn out.

     

    Motor burn out, that's why I started the Thread the other day asking about the protection fuse.

    If the motor jammed, it would blow the cheap fuse instead of the expensive motor.

  18. aa decoys flapper

    in Pigeon Decoying Equipment

    Posted

    Here are the pics of the broken linkage note it broke off at the cam/servo arm only plastic bit in but still a weak point and yes before another member from billy smarts asks! the wings were broken before use

     

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    Shame the motor rotor/cam isn't made completely out of brass !

    Should be a simple 2 screw job to replace (grub screw+setscrew with nylock nut), once you have been sent a new one from AA Decoys.

    Even if you have to pay for it it shouldn't be any more than a couple of pounds.

    While you are on the phone to him, can you ask him how much a spare one would be - handy to keep just in case.

    Or does anyone know if they are available in maplins or other hardware shops ?

     

  19. aa decoys flapper

    in Pigeon Decoying Equipment

    Posted

    well got the pics but first I would like to give a big thanks to the joker who made me sort this lot out 1st? ( mind it needed doing :drool: ) still a few hours later it had started to look a bit more managable

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    That was a mess, but wow what a difference you have made to it !

    Do you fancy coming over & talking my garage? :-)

  20. aa decoys flapper

    in Pigeon Decoying Equipment

    Posted

    I thought that, and posted to that effect but believe me they aint., yes the AA works well when running but even the mount and spike are flimsy in comparison to the A1 not going to argue if the quality improvement of the A1 is worth another 30 quid, but I will be getting another turbo flapper as they do work, and I am prepared to pay the extra, I will dig the bits out this week ( my garage is a tip at the moment due to a house move) and post a pic of the broken plastic bit/ bits, as soon as I can.

     

     

    KW

     

    How have you got on with taking a photo of the broken bits or more importantly phoning AA Decoys for some replacement bits / spares ?

  22. aa decoys flapper

    in Pigeon Decoying Equipment

    Posted

    I managed to buy one of the Originally Designed Rotor-coy / A1 Decoy Turbo Flappers from one of their 99p Start price eBay auctions.

    I was lucky enough to win it for £42 + p+p.

    The build quality is really good, with a nice Powder Coat finish.

    Not had chance to try it out in the field yet, but it looks like it should be reliable.

    Maybe A1 should drop their price to £60/70 to be closer to their competitors AA who copied their design.

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