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MendoTroubleshooting
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by PBworks 17 years, 4 months ago
- if it does not work, you need to figure out what the problem is and solve it.
- Below are some common problems:
- Balance is a common problem.
- Turn it 1/2 turn and let go
- If it falls, you can add weight to the highest part of the circle
- Add solder, made of lead
- don't add steel like nails, because they are made with iron, attractive to magnets
- Magnets out of position is a common problem
- The magnets have to be firmly and accurately placed
- If they can wobble out of place, they will
- When they go out of position, it is never the way that you want
- Add paper to the base magnets
- make sure the base magnets are straight up and down
- make sure the magnets are all south facing in
- add a little tape to the rotor dowel to keep the magnets from flopping around
- the front dowel magnet should be over the frontmost base magnets
- the rear dowel magnet should be over the rear pair of base magnets
- Solar cells not wired correctly is an occasional problem
- Make sure you have continuity between each of the pairs of cells
- make sure you do not have continuity between adjacent cells
- if your continuity is off, you may have to either rewire the wrap wire connections
- If your cells are connected to the adjacent cells, you will have to reconnect them to the oppposite cells.
- If a tab falls off your cell, you will need to have it soldered back on. Ask for help.
- If everything above is correct, and it just wobbles back and forth try this technique
- neatly cut one pair of wires from a pair of cells.
- Resand the ends
- Solder the ends onto the opposite tab they were on before
- Ask for help if this doesn't make sense.
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