- Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:46 am
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Hi all, looking forward to learning much more about how to do all of this so forgive me if my first handful of questions sounds noobish 
I bought http://www.kidtraxtoys.com/models/produ ... k-mercedes for my daughter for Xmas. She's 2 and a half so I didn't want to go all out with a full size power wheels just yet... I'm playing the conservative card FOR NOW...
Let me describe the vehicle a little bit if that will help:
Slim battery with two wires(black and red) wired to a circuit board, and that circuit board has two more wires(blue and white) wired to a single motor powering one rear wheel. There is clearly a space for another motor on the other side, and perhaps another battery, but I'll get to that another day. Also, into that circuit board is a 4 wire connector that runs up to the front of the vehicle for what I'm guessing when I looked is gas pedal and forward/reverse lever.
I just realized I took a picture of it when I first got it, so here's what I have:

The first thing I bought for safety purposes was this remote kill switch http://www.logisyscomputer.com/viewsku.asp?SKUID=RM02. I've read about it on the forums and it seems to be a fairly common one... however I realized not long ago that her vehicle is 6v and the kill switch is 12v. So I'm wondering if I have to either A) Make the vehicle 12v, which I'm hesitant to do since she is still learning to drive it and has yet to accurately steer it on her own, or B) Somehow wire a relay into the setup so the kill switch will work. I saw JP had some really good wiring diagrams and I was looking forward to something similar so I could really learn on how to do things properly.
I have plenty of questions, and like I said before, really looking forward to learning how to do these things(and properly)!

I bought http://www.kidtraxtoys.com/models/produ ... k-mercedes for my daughter for Xmas. She's 2 and a half so I didn't want to go all out with a full size power wheels just yet... I'm playing the conservative card FOR NOW...
Let me describe the vehicle a little bit if that will help:
Slim battery with two wires(black and red) wired to a circuit board, and that circuit board has two more wires(blue and white) wired to a single motor powering one rear wheel. There is clearly a space for another motor on the other side, and perhaps another battery, but I'll get to that another day. Also, into that circuit board is a 4 wire connector that runs up to the front of the vehicle for what I'm guessing when I looked is gas pedal and forward/reverse lever.
I just realized I took a picture of it when I first got it, so here's what I have:

The first thing I bought for safety purposes was this remote kill switch http://www.logisyscomputer.com/viewsku.asp?SKUID=RM02. I've read about it on the forums and it seems to be a fairly common one... however I realized not long ago that her vehicle is 6v and the kill switch is 12v. So I'm wondering if I have to either A) Make the vehicle 12v, which I'm hesitant to do since she is still learning to drive it and has yet to accurately steer it on her own, or B) Somehow wire a relay into the setup so the kill switch will work. I saw JP had some really good wiring diagrams and I was looking forward to something similar so I could really learn on how to do things properly.
I have plenty of questions, and like I said before, really looking forward to learning how to do these things(and properly)!
Last edited by jgruberman on Fri Jan 04, 2013 9:07 am, edited 1 time in total.