New Heatermeter, Servo issues


 
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Paully

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I am having issues with the servo currently for a damper.

When I have it on manual mode at 0%, I press up on the heatermeter to go to 5%, then the servo will move, but the heater meter seems like it glitches. The LCD dims, percent drops to 0%, the thermocouple temp will drop by 2 degrees, then after a second everything is fine. I can then press it up all the way to 100% and the servo will slowly rotate and the fan ramps up as expected too.

I had issues with the fan running 100% before, so I redid all the soldering for the rj45 and the trs connector that the fan and damper and soldered to.

I've looked for bridged connections on the board. As far as I know there aren't any shorts. Maybe this is just normal for how the servo gets powered up the first time? Any advise would be appreciated. I will gladly add any pictures or videos. I am a bit of an electronics newb, so maybe I over heated a component while soldering?

Thanks for any help.

I am on 4.2.4 for heater meter model, thanks again!
 
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sounds like the servo is drawing current levels high enough to create a brown out. What's your power supply rated for?
 
I agree with Steve_M. Sound like a power supply issue. If you have a meter, the first thing I would check is the voltage on the power input jack when you first plug it in and when you first try to change the servo position.
 
Bob Ivey said:
I agree with Steve_M. Sound like a power supply issue. If you have a meter, the first thing I would check is the voltage on the power input jack when you first plug it in and when you first try to change the servo position.
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Awesome, I will check this out when I get back home from work. My power supply is the one that comes with the HeaterMeter kit from heatermeter.com.

Thanks guys!
 
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12v 1amp should be ok. Is the fan from the HM kit as well? What about the servo? What make and model is it?
 
Steve_M said:
12v 1amp should be ok. Is the fan from the HM kit as well? What about the servo? What make and model is it?
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servo and fan are from the micro damper. Servo is the cheer wing micro 9g sg90 with the following specs:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/10pcs-x-9G-...ot-Helicopter-Airplane-Car-Boat-/311628131803

3 no-load operating speed: 0.12 seconds / 60 degrees (4.8V); 0.10 sec / 60 degrees (6.0V)
4 Torque:. 1.6kg · cm (4.8V)
7 Operating voltage: 3.5V ~ 6V

then the brushless dc fan:
http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/delta-electronics/EFB0412VHD/603-1010-ND/1014341
Current Rating 0.120A
Voltage Range 7 ~ 13.8VDC

Here is the power supply that the heater meter page linked to. It wasn't included in a kit though, I misspoke there. Looks like it is getting bad reviews:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B006GEPUYA/tvwb-20

What do you think?
 
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Amazon Link 1
Amazon Link 2

Try these to links. I kind of like Amazon Link 2. From the reviews, it sounds like the transformer could be the issue. I'm lucky in that due to my business I have transformers that work great.
 
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