RC Diesel (3) - the new control stuff...

The new receiver, speed controller and control handset have arrived... 

From a quick look the receiver and speed controller appears to be a drop in replacement, after studying the manuals provided I'm ready to plug and pray....

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Before starting I exercised some self-discipline and finished tidying up the wiring for the rear and front lights.

The new receiver and controller plugged in, paired with the handset and nothing happened 😡

Back to fault finding mode... receiver and controller with power feed direct from a battery - transmitter paired and LEDs flashed ! so a wiring gremlin in the loco somewhere.

Connected the loco motor 's power feed into speed controller.. hoorah its alive ! 

Connected up everything as it should be, a bit of wire wiggling on the front switches - no effect; jiggled the right front switch and the LEDs on the receiver and controller started flashing. Hoorah it works - all down to a dodgy two way slider switch. This time I put the loco on a 'rolling road setup' for some tests

That damn switch....

So I'll have to replace the switch.  Hopefully I can find one to match.

Impressions of the new RC Fosworks electronics - really easy to setup; I like the nice flashing LEDs so you can see it is connected and working, well worth the cost (and I can get replacements if needed).