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Old 04-12-2017 | 01:08 PM
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So i just hooked up my brand new system and when i turned it on i get red scrolling lights. It says on the tekin site that it could be the fan polarity reversed but i unpluged it and put it the other way but its still happening? Did i fry the system.......
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Old 04-12-2017 | 01:33 PM
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Is it plugged into a bound RX? You may want to ask this in the RX8 Gen 2 thread. http://www.rctech.net/forum/radio-el...hread-243.html
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yea nvm i got it post can be deleted
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Old 04-12-2017 | 03:31 PM
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yea nvm i got it post can be deleted
What was the issue?
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Gotta calibrate it to the radio
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Old 04-13-2017 | 09:48 AM
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The "Night Rider" code is the fan being plugged in backwards. The radio calibration wasn't the issue UNLESS there were 3 LEd's to one side.
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So i set the fan on the esc to auto and it says it should kick on at 140F but today i took the buggy out and it was only about 60 outside and i would only go about 2 times around the track and the fan would kick on and keep running i temped everything and the hotest everything got was 80f any ideas.....
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So i set the fan on the esc to auto and it says it should kick on at 140F but today i took the buggy out and it was only about 60 outside and i would only go about 2 times around the track and the fan would kick on and keep running i temped everything and the hotest everything got was 80f any ideas.....
Did you just use a temp gun or did you also use the LED lights on the ESC to check temp?
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Did you just use a temp gun or did you also use the LED lights on the ESC to check temp?
I just used a temp gun how do i use the lights on the esc i didint know you could do that.
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Originally Posted by Derrick87
I just used a temp gun how do i use the lights on the esc i didint know you could do that.
Check the manual online. There is a section for it that explains how to use the onboard temp monitor.

In short it blinks a certain LED to show the temp. The manual shows what each LED adds up to in Fahrenheit
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is there a reason for the fan to be kicking on like that or is something wrong?
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Originally Posted by Derrick87
is there a reason for the fan to be kicking on like that or is something wrong?
Well that's why I was asking if you checked the onboard temp because perhaps the ESC was misreading it's temperature. So the temp gun says one thing but the ESC might say another.
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Old 04-13-2017 | 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by EbbTide
Well that's why I was asking if you checked the onboard temp because perhaps the ESC was misreading it's temperature. So the temp gun says one thing but the ESC might say another.
Ill have to check it next time i get to the track and see
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Old 04-13-2017 | 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Derrick87
Ill have to check it next time i get to the track and see
Good idea but it might be worth it to make a post about this in the Tekin RX8 gen2 thread until then. There are usually Tekin reps browsing those posts.
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Old 04-13-2017 | 07:25 PM
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Section 17: http://www.teamtekin.com/manuals/RX8...nual_22813.pdf
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