4LikesCOMPETITION HEAT INC.
04-01-2016 | 06:28 PM
#1906
Can anyone in Australia recommend a transformer to use with the 120v AC version?
Also can anyone confirm how many watts it requires or how many amps it draws?
It's the deuce 2.
There is a 50 watt transformer at the local hobby shop I'm just not sure if that's enough..
Thanks!
Also can anyone confirm how many watts it requires or how many amps it draws?
It's the deuce 2.
There is a 50 watt transformer at the local hobby shop I'm just not sure if that's enough..
Thanks!
10-22-2016 | 08:58 PM
#1908
Tech Elite
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 2,983
From: Auckland, New Zealand
Best idea is to pick up a replacement element from A-Main. Be either the element itself or where the wires enter the element. Be careful not to pull the heater off the cooling head by the wires. These units are generally really reliable and carry on happily heating for a couple of years easy.
11-04-2016 | 09:28 AM
#1909
Tech Champion
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 6,032
From: Columbus, OH
Can anyone in Australia recommend a transformer to use with the 120v AC version?
Also can anyone confirm how many watts it requires or how many amps it draws?
It's the deuce 2.
There is a 50 watt transformer at the local hobby shop I'm just not sure if that's enough..
Thanks!
Also can anyone confirm how many watts it requires or how many amps it draws?
It's the deuce 2.
There is a 50 watt transformer at the local hobby shop I'm just not sure if that's enough..
Thanks!
V=IR
Can anyone clamp the wires to see how many amps this thing pulls? Or use a meter to measure how much resistance the coil has? Then it's simple math to find out how many watts it pulls.
I believe the battery warmers I sell are only 50 watts. So I'd imagine that 50 should do, but not sure.
04-20-2017 | 09:20 AM
#1911
Keep it below 15ish just to be on the safe side.
04-20-2017 | 06:01 PM
#1912
You do know these are not for Ebuggy right. 
02-26-2018 | 01:48 PM
#1915
Tech Elite
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 4,648
From: Aurora, Colorado
Nope - tried to order stuff from the website and go no response. Just had to order a different brand. Hope everything is ok with dude.
01-17-2019 | 05:37 PM
#1918
^^^ I just got one off eBay recently very cheap, less than $20 new. Despite being “modified” (I cut it in certain areas) it does not fit my B2102 very well. I wish more companies made heaters to fit low profile cooling heads. The only company I know that does is in Europe and I’m not sure if they are around anymore.
Last edited by Morpheus1289; 01-18-2019 at 07:00 AM.
01-20-2019 | 07:25 PM
#1919
Morpheus1289, after competition heat disappeared I chose to buy a nitro engine head warmer from IB-prostart in England. Good quality, although it doesn't get as hot as the competition heat did, but maybe that's why the element on the Competition heat burnt out. Shipping took less than two weeks to Canada. If you check out ibprostart.com you will find they have a low profile heater that I believe fits your b2102, there is a picture of Ty Tessmann's buggy with a IB prostart on the head.