patesrichard Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Hi, I have a slightly worse for wear Antari F-80Z smoke machine sitting in front of me, missing its yoke and remote control. Other than that the unit seems to be in fairly good shape, with an almost full tank of fluid. Lacking the remote control I have no way of testing it; I assume that you short two of the three remote control cable pins together to fire the unit. Could anyone help with information as to which two pins it is, a wiring diagram or even a photo of the inside of the standard FC-1 remote control, or any suggestions as to where to get a replacement FC-1 from? - most places seem to only do the 'fancy' controls. Cheers,Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joewhite903 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 When I get to work tomorow morning I will let you know what the pinout is on that fogger , Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patesrichard Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 When I get to work tomorow morning I will let you know what the pinout is on that fogger , Joe Thanks very much - multimetering has shown that two of the pins are high voltage and I dont want to short the wrong pair together! Presumably the red light on the normal controls is on the other pair - although I'm not sure whether its a small high voltage AC bulb or whether there is circuitry in the control to rectify it down to low voltage DC. Cheers,Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar11387 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 An IEC timer remote for the F-80/Z is about a tenner plus delivery... Quite a lot considering the cost of the machine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patesrichard Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 An IEC timer remote for the F-80/Z is about a tenner plus delivery... Quite a lot considering the cost of the machine... Ah, but its a waste of a tenner if the actual unit is broken :P The machine hasnt been used in years, and it's only been aquired it on the off chance it still works - otherwise, It'll be chucked/passed on. Cheers,Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar11387 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Other on/off remotes with IEC's from other machines might work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joewhite903 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 hey got one in front off me , safest way to test it is get yourself a spare Iec male plug and wire a jumper cable between the " E + N " then plug the smoke machine in, when you here a click after aprox 5/7 mins, Then plug the iec In and the unit should make a noise and pump out smoke, Ta joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patesrichard Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 hey got one in front off me , safest way to test it is get yourself a spare Iec male plug and wire a jumper cable between the " E + N " then plug the smoke machine in, when you here a click after aprox 5/7 mins, Then plug the iec In and the unit should make a noise and pump out smoke, Ta joe Great - thanks a lot! Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ike Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Don't forget to remove the link afterwards or make sure the plug won't be connected to a normal IEC outlet. A neutral-earth fault can be dangerous but is unlikely to trip circuit breakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Cavill Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 A neutral-earth fault should trip a circuit breaker... The pin-out as described above, works on all of the Antari & Source range with the remote on an IEC, we have 160 snow machines with this mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ike Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 A neutral-earth fault should trip a circuit breaker...Oh no it shouldn't. It may trip an RCD/RCOB but if it trips an MCB or other overcurrent protection it's likely you've a more serious problem. In a healthy system earth and neutral should be at similar potential. 'course IEC outlets with reversed polarity aren't uncommon so you could end up with a live to earth fault that would trip your overcurrent protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvidos Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Hi all, just found that picture in my archives, thought it would be helpful. http://lh6.google.com/dvidos/R1FQu68VOvI/AAAAAAAAAnk/G7skTZowFBQ/s144/DSC_0076.JPGLink to big image Dimitris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patesrichard Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 Hi all, just found that picture in my archives, thought it would be helpful. Link to big image Dimitris. That photo's great, cheers. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardc1983 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 An IEC timer remote for the F-80/Z is about a tenner plus delivery... Quite a lot considering the cost of the machine... I have this same machine and not sure where I can get these timers from for this? Anyone got anywebsite address? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Cavill Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Try Overt / Highlite / Batmink Google is your friend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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