Shootingman Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Right lads, thinking caps on please. Is my flapper ----ed. When I connect it up, it won't work so I go through a process of elimination as follows. 1-connect flapper directly to battery, it works so motor OK. 2-connect timer to battery & check output from timer-12v so timer OK. 3- connect timer to battery & timer live output to flapper, leaving timer neutral off, check between connected live & open neutral-12v. 4- connect timer to battery & timer neutral output to flapper, leaving timer live off, check between connected neutral & open live-12v. 5-connect timer to battery & timer live/neutral to flapper, nothing works, check output from timer-nothing. Hope you can follow my inexperienced fault finding, & MORE IMPORTANTLY hope you can advise me on a result. Cheers Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radio1ham Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 (edited) well bit of a tricky one that ok you have all the right voltages the thing is do you have the right amount of amps (current) going out of the timer circuit to drive the motor ive had this problem when repairing power supplys for radios the voltages are all ok on the output side of the power supply but did not have any amps so there for would not power the radio easiest way to check for current is to use and indicator bulb which will draw about 2 amps to get full brightness if still no luck you may have to replace the timer circuit maybe an easy fix depending on the circuity hope you manage to fix it Edited July 23, 2008 by radio1ham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootingman Posted July 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Thanks for your advise R1H, just tried indicator bulb on timer & nothing happened, not even a glimmer of light, so I assume its ----ed, . Just ordered new 1 from shooting warehouse. Thanks again for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radio1ham Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 ok but dont junk the old one as it maybe able to be repaired Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Beasley Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 well bit of a tricky one that ok you have all the right voltages the thing is do you have the right amount of amps (current) going out of the timer circuit to drive the motor ive had this problem when repairing power supplys for radios the voltages are all ok on the output side of the power supply but did not have any amps so there for would not power the radio easiest way to check for current is to use and indicator bulb which will draw about 2 amps to get full brightness if still no luck you may have to replace the timer circuit maybe an easy fix depending on the circuity hope you manage to fix it Might sound silly but did you check the fuse?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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