[PeteN]

It's not between the strips and the board, but between the strips on the body and the strips on the chassis, so that you can remove the body with out wires connecting the two. I have had this issue on a few of my SCX cars, but also some Scaley too. I have Scaley track running dual wal-warts (16v). The strange thing is, sometimes they come back on or flicker only at full throttle?

 

[PeteN]

I got a new SCX Aston yesterday, very nice car, but...I went to true my tires in the normal way (setting car backward on track with sandpaper under it, while holding both with one finger) and the the front lights went POOF! The rears still work fine. This is on a Scaley Sport with stock power. Also there was a bad burning smell. They were nice and bright for the first few laps before truing. I don't really care about lights that much, or I'd return it, but I have some very old SCX cars with lights that work fine. Is the reverse power a problem for this system? I didn't see any obvious melted stuff on the board. Why does the front board need all those little gizmos, while the rear light board has almost none?

 

[PeteN]

Why do the rear lights still work and have an almost empty board? Why can't they just get some of the rear lights in clear for the front?? By the way, the car handles beautifully!

 

[PeteN]

OK, I don't think the reverse polarity had any thing to do with it. I ran the other SCX car that I bought with the Aston, the new Seat Red Bull touring car, and the head lights burned out within 10 laps running only the normal direction (non mag). Burned smell again, tail lights still work fine, same as Aston. This time they flickered for a couple laps, then were gone. I must assume the Scaley power (16v?) is a touch higher than the SCX (14.8v?) and the headlight circuit is just built with very little safety margin? Shame, car handles very well with an interesting new motor pod design.

 

[PeteN]

I did, I just didn't understand it, zener schmeener.

 

[PeteN]

It would be very much appreciated, Rich!

 

[PeteN]

Thanks, Rich, will try on next car and report back.

 

[PeteN]

It seems to only be the newest cars, BMW WTCC, Seat WTCC, Aston, C6R, etc. If running on less than the stock SCX voltage (14.8?), you should not have a problem. It is only the higher voltage track systems, like Scalex at 16v, which blow the circuit.