HELP - battery compatibility

[A-G]

I got this set of lights for my 7 YO nephews RC car. I know nothing about RC cars and realized this doesn’t come with a battery. It seems it needs a battery with a female servo but I can’t seem to find this. Can someone point me in the right direction??

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0BP1PM1S9?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

 

[majin]

what kind of rc is it? the pics show it having a servo plug, can you get to the reciever? thats where its meant to plug into

 

[A-G]

what kind of rc is it? the pics show it having a servo plug, can you get to the reciever? thats where its meant to plug into

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073PVRSD...AMBPFY8JFTBE1XF72?starsLeft=1&skipTwisterOG=1

The battery connects to the motor with a deans. It sounds like there is a port in the receiver that this should plug into??

 

[WickedFog]

The red circled connection simply plugs into your receiver in channel 3 (typically). The blue circled ones simply plug into each other. The other two cables are just extensions if you need them.

 

[RustyUs]

The link given shows this...........

 

[A-G]

I was hoping to use option 2 of connect to power which is why I was asking about the battery. I was hoping to keep it simple as the remote he has is very simple

 

[majin]

i have the same little rc, i drive it around inside the house, it does not have a reciever with any other channels sadly.
you would need to drop some money into the car first, and i dont think youd be happy with the results as compared to if you got a larger rc vehicle. this little feller is not designed to be upgraded ( doesn't mean you can't)
if you swap recievers out and transmitters you could THEN plug the led up to the NEW RECIEVER AS IT WOULD HAVE A SLOT ON IT ABLE TO ACCEPT THAT PLUG. AS IS THAT TRUCK CANNOT ACCEPT ANY PLUG oops sorry for all caps

This red box is the receiver
Compare that to a flysky receiver
It has multiple ports

The receiver in our trucks is more on the line of an sxc24 receiver
https://www.amazon.com/Horizon-Hobb...id=1737990395&sprefix=sxc24+re,aps,155&sr=8-3

 

[WickedFog]

I was hoping to use option 2 of connect to power which is why I was asking about the battery. I was hoping to keep it simple as the remote he has is very simple

Adding another battery is probably the hardest solution of the two.

If there isn't an extra channel, you can add this to channel one.
https://a.co/d/9gT4tyk

 

[Chubaka]

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i have the same little rc, i drive it around inside the house, it does not have a reciever with any other channels sadly.
you would need to drop some money into the car first, and i dont think youd be happy with the results as compared to if you got a larger rc vehicle. this little feller is not designed to be upgraded ( doesn't mean you can't)
if you swap recievers out and transmitters you could THEN plug the led up to the NEW RECIEVER AS IT WOULD HAVE A SLOT ON IT ABLE TO ACCEPT THAT PLUG. AS IS THAT TRUCK CANNOT ACCEPT ANY PLUG oops sorry for all caps

This red box is the receiver
Compare that to a flysky receiver
It has multiple ports

The receiver in our trucks is more on the line of an sxc24 receiver
https://www.amazon.com/Horizon-Hobb...id=1737990395&sprefix=sxc24+re,aps,155&sr=8-3

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this is the case I'd cut that plug and put a resister and 9v adapter and use a 9volt.

 

[majin]

Adding snother battery is probably the hardest solution of the two.

If there isntan extra channel, you can add this to channel one.
https://a.co/d/9gT4tyk
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there is not any channels on it the reciever is cvlosed down to not allow anything
just a basic rx only has ports for the battery and the motor,

 

[WickedFog]

there is not any channels on it the reciever is cvlosed down to not allow anything
just a basic rx only has ports for the battery and the motor,

Oh ok. I missed that part. But...

 

[majin]

Oh ok. I missed that part. But...
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so would he use one of those splitters then to plug it into there? then plug the wire thats there already into the splitter?

 

[WickedFog]

so would he use one of those splitters then to plug it into there? then plug the wire thats there already into the splitter?

Yes.

 

[majin]

@A-G check it out bro try this, plug the splitter into the only available port, then plug the servo wire thats already plugged in into one end of the splitter, and the lights to the other end, apparently that will work, pics help a lot lol

 

[Cranberry Juice]

@A-G check it out bro try this, plug the splitter into the only available port, then plug the servo wire thats already plugged in into one end of the splitter, and the lights to the other end, apparently that will work, pics help a lot lol

What he said

 

[RustyUs]

I was hoping to use option 2 of connect to power which is why I was asking about the battery. I was hoping to keep it simple as the remote he has is very simple

Then you would need to find/make a power source with a Futaba J male connector.

Adding snother battery is probably the hardest solution of the two.

If there isntan extra channel, you can add this to channel one.
https://a.co/d/9gT4tyk
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If OP, @A-G, did use the above splitter, do you think signal wire, going to LED controller, needs to be clipped?

 

[WickedFog]

Or you could just remove the heat shrink, desolder the connector, add a couple leads, add new heat shrink and resolder to the connector and shrink the heat shrink to cover it all back up. The lights have a built-in voltage regulator that accepts 6-15v. So 2s to 3s battery will be fine.

 

[WickedFog]

If OP, @A-G, did use the above splitter, do you think signal wire, going to LED controller, needs to be clipped?

No. The signal wire would just dead end at the y-harness. The input to the led voltage regulator only has the +/- leads in the connector.

 

[WickedFog]

The Y harness I linked is the simplest solution. You already have a capable battery powering the rig, so no need to add another battery. You can tie into that by soldering leads in like I showed above, which would be the cleanest solution. But the OP is asking for the simplest. The Y harness is plug and play. Take less than a minute to plug it in.

 

[RustyUs]

No. The signal wire would just dead end at the y-harness. The input to the led voltage regulator only has the +/- leads in the connector.
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