Failsafe problems with new reciever

[cyberduck16]

Hi all

New to the forums and hoping someone can help. I have a savage ss 4.6 big block great bit of kit and had it now for about a year. I decided to buy a reverse gear for it and installed this fine but due to that i had to buy a new receiver and transmitter to handle the 3rd channel. So i went with the rf-10 receiver and tf-10 transmitter and also a new set of fm crystals to go with them. Thats when it started to go pear shaped! I got it all installed and the reverse is working great the issue I'm having is that the failsafe is randomly kicking in and its more often then not which is making the car unusable. As the failsafe is built in to the receiver i cant just disable it (which would be a lot easier!) so i really cant pin point the issue. things i have tried are : new batteries in both handset and car. new battery box on car. removing the inline switch and still every time i take it out after only a few minuets of driving it it will kick in the brakes. there doesent seem to be a way to set the failsafe only adjust it and i cant find any info on the receiver so really am lost Any help would be very much appreciated!
Thanks in advace

 

[Jam Racing 1]

sounds like the receiver is starving for voltage to me... have ya tried a 6v pack in the receiver box yet, I recommend at least 1600 mah 5 cell in there.....or for a lil cheaper ya can use lithium dry cells in it and it may help a bit, but ya still have the cost of replacing them all the time... a decent 5 cell will set ya back about 30 bux inc charger , but well worth it in the long haul.... Good Luck and post back your findings....

 

[cyberduck16]

no i haven't tried that. currently using normal AAs but it does sound like it could be that thanks for the advice ill give it a go and let you know how i get on

 

[X]

Jam is likely right with the voltage being the issue. I have never dealt with a part with so little information available. From what I can see though is that there is a red LED on the receiver that when turned on indicates that the failsafe is on. Also there is a potentiometer (blue dial next to the LED) that you can adjust the voltage sensitivity with. If you don't want to purchase new batteries as Jam suggested, then I would tell you to experiment with that potentiometer. Hopefully you can find a sweet spot that works for your setup.

 

[cyberduck16]

hi yes the support for the receiver is rubbish to say the least. definitely going to try a battery pack certainly seems the logical way to go. thank you so much for your help

 

[xtremsavage]

What shape is the ant on the receiver in? The failsafe also kicks in when there is signal loss. Keep that in mind too.