serpentrush

please help how can i run my team orion comm lathe with my ice charger thanks in advance

GroffBall

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Just go to the motor run in feature and hook up your lathe motor, this will work as long as your lathe motor doesn't pull too many amps. My lathe motor is an old GM3 stocker and pulls too many amps under load so I have to use my Yokomo MMS to run my lathe. So if it shuts off you probably are putting too much load on it, try using an old silver can motor or maybe a 55t.

serpentrush

NOPE that aint working tried it .charger says no motor connected maybe im doing it wrong i dont know . the lathe came with a 27 t motor

James35

iTrader: (1)

This has been answered in the other Duratrax ICE post. Please refrain from double posting the same question (this is the second time you've done that)

rcguy2477

iTrader: (4)

Make sure you have the lathe turned off first. In order for the motor run-in to begin, there has to be a load.

onthegas

I use my ICE to run my Hudy lathe, and the switch must be on first. Once you get the motor running, turn it up to 4+ volts. My charger has never shut off due to the high amp draw.

The other thread is 28 pages. If rc-tech had a better search, you wouldnt have to look through all the posts.

GroffBall

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You are putting to much amp draw on the ICE it won't work at more than 10 amps, so you either need to figure out how to get your lathe motor to draw less amps of figure out another way to run your lathe. This is why I don't use my ICE to run my lathe. If you use a tamiya silver can motor you should be ok.

onthegas

If the motor on your lathe is pulling too many amps, you may be able to lighten the spring tension of the brushes, or find a substitute as GroffBall mentioned. The motor on my Hudy is not the typical motor we run in our cars, perhaps similar to the Tamiya silver can.

serpentrush

thanks guys i thjnk the problem was the power supply it was only 3 amp i changed it for 8.5 amps now and by passed the lathe switch it now works

GroffBall

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You really should have at least a 10 amp power supply. Your 8.5 might work ok if it supplies a good solid current.