Login or Sign Up
Logging in...
Remember me
Login
Forgot password or user name?
or
Sign Up
Log in with
Forums
Classifieds
Groups
Zero One Airsoft
Ground Zero Airsoft
Airsoft Festival
Today's Posts
|
Member List
|
Calendar
|
Forum Rules
|
Forum
Airsoft Related
Technical Help
Tech - Electric Guns
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
Zero One Ads
Collapse
What on earth is all this wiring???
Collapse
X
Collapse
Posts
Latest Activity
Photos
Search
Page
of
1
Filter
Time
All Time
Today
Last Week
Last Month
Show
All
Discussions only
Photos only
Videos only
Links only
Polls only
Events only
Filtered by:
Clear All
new posts
Previous
template
Next
Fulliautomatix
Cadet
Join Date:
Jan 2015
Posts:
33
Share
Tweet
#1
What on earth is all this wiring???
21 April, 2015, 21:06
Hi all,
A little while ago I bought a G36 off here. I've finally had the chance to have a look at it properly, and have found all manner of wiring! I was rather expecting a single wire with a connector for a battery, and don't know what to do with it all! Can someone tell me what it all is? I appreciate that it would be easier if you could see where the wires lead, but I have no idea what I'm doing and would rather not take it apart unless I have to, until I have the time to look at some how-to videos.
Thanks all!
Tom
Attached Files
Wiring 1.jpg
(26.0 KB, 0 views)
Wiring 2.jpg
(34.4 KB, 0 views)
Pheasant plucker
Captain
Join Date:
May 2014
Posts:
595
Share
Tweet
#2
21 April, 2015, 21:34
Re: What on earth is all this wiring???
Looks like they had put in a mosfet
Comment
Post
Cancel
HunterAndy
Lieutenant Colonel
Join Date:
Nov 2005
Posts:
1324
Share
Tweet
#3
21 April, 2015, 23:01
Re: What on earth is all this wiring???
Maybe it's set up to be front & rear wired at the same time, so you can choose?
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napolean
Comment
Post
Cancel
Ells
Lieutenant Colonel
Join Date:
Apr 2007
Posts:
1120
Share
Tweet
#4
21 April, 2015, 23:05
Re: What on earth is all this wiring???
home made mosfet, just with the connectors for quick detaching, i would geuss.
Comment
Post
Cancel
StargateP90
Colonel
Join Date:
Nov 2008
Posts:
1568
Share
Tweet
#5
21 April, 2015, 23:24
Re: What on earth is all this wiring???
What on earth.
on my phone, my spelling will suck
FOR SALE
RS 870 Pump Grips
Comment
Post
Cancel
jakeas
Captain
Join Date:
Aug 2012
Posts:
723
Share
Tweet
#6
21 April, 2015, 23:34
Re: What on earth is all this wiring???
Could be many things, I think either a safety system, a hop chamber tracer unit thingy or an ascu mosfet system, with the control unit somewhere in the body? You'll need to follow the wires!
J
- - - Updated - - -
Yep that's a mosfet. The wires that go into the gearbox shell lead to your trigger box. The black box is either th mosfet itself or a connector to a non present unit. The deans at the top of the page goes into the female deans. The lower most deans is for a battery.
J
Comment
Post
Cancel
jonny lovegrove
General
Join Date:
Jan 2010
Posts:
5903
Share
Tweet
#7
22 April, 2015, 09:11
Re: What on earth is all this wiring???
Homemade mosfet. that bit sticking out is the actual component mosfet. look a bit like this -
-TM Recoil M16 Custom- -TM 1911 MEU- -Tanaka SAA- -TM HK45- -JG G36k Ris-
-ECHO1 SA58 OSW- -A&K Masada- -VFC FNX-45- -TM Recoil AKs-74u-
Comment
Post
Cancel
StargateP90
Colonel
Join Date:
Nov 2008
Posts:
1568
Share
Tweet
#8
22 April, 2015, 09:26
Re: What on earth is all this wiring???
All well and good but why wire it in like that? Why not just wire it inline and do away with the rest of that wasteful wireing
on my phone, my spelling will suck
FOR SALE
RS 870 Pump Grips
Comment
Post
Cancel
Fulliautomatix
Cadet
Join Date:
Jan 2015
Posts:
33
Share
Tweet
#9
26 April, 2015, 23:54
Re: What on earth is all this wiring???
Hi all,
Thanks for your help, everyone. I couldn't for the life of me work out what the metal thing attached to the MOSFET was. I spent a while trying to work out what it could be (or should be) connected to.
Next question though - how easy would it be to un-mosfet it? Not only does the wiring get in the way, but I think the mosfet itself may be broken (if I put in a battery and pull the trigger, the mosfet starts getting warm but the gun doesn't fire). I'll probably try and replace it in the long term, but I'm taking my girlfriend to a game this weekend and she was going to be using this gun. Can someone give me an idiot's guide to what should be connected to what for it to function without the mosfet? I did some youtube-ing and learned how to strip out the gearbox, and have attached a couple more pictures for reference.
As a slight aside, i wonder if something else might be amiss as well/instead. I plugged the battery into the wrong connector at first (long day!), and heard a slight twitch but that was it. Since those connectors are wired direct to the motor, shouldn't the gun have started firing as soon as I plugged the battery in?
Thanks again, and sorry for the newbie questions! I really want to learn this stuff properly by starting from the beginning, but if I can sort this out in the short term then I won't have to hire a gun for my other half!
Tom
Attached Files
wiring 3.jpg
(43.1 KB, 0 views)
wiring 4.jpg
(43.8 KB, 0 views)
Comment
Post
Cancel
jonny lovegrove
General
Join Date:
Jan 2010
Posts:
5903
Share
Tweet
#10
27 April, 2015, 00:00
Re: What on earth is all this wiring???
-TM Recoil M16 Custom- -TM 1911 MEU- -Tanaka SAA- -TM HK45- -JG G36k Ris-
-ECHO1 SA58 OSW- -A&K Masada- -VFC FNX-45- -TM Recoil AKs-74u-
Comment
Post
Cancel
Fulliautomatix
Cadet
Join Date:
Jan 2015
Posts:
33
Share
Tweet
#11
27 April, 2015, 20:55
Re: What on earth is all this wiring???
Thanks very much for that Jonny. Should be a help when I come to re-mosfet it as well! :-)
So the trigger switch is just a plain old switch, so it doesn't matter which way round I wire up its contacts?
Also, does anyone have any thoughts about the fact that it didn't start running when I accidentally connected the battery directly across the motor? If possible I'd like to avoid frantically re-wiring it (and paying for however many lots of next-day shipping for the wiring etc) only to find I can't get it running anyway!
And finally, can someone tell me what the name of the thick type of wire is? I'm presuming the thin stuff connected to the switch at present would overheat if it had the full current from the battery running through it, so I need to know what to look for to get some more.
Thanks again everyone!
Tom
Comment
Post
Cancel
jonny lovegrove
General
Join Date:
Jan 2010
Posts:
5903
Share
Tweet
#12
27 April, 2015, 20:59
Re: What on earth is all this wiring???
16awg wire. Either silicon coated or mpee
-TM Recoil M16 Custom- -TM 1911 MEU- -Tanaka SAA- -TM HK45- -JG G36k Ris-
-ECHO1 SA58 OSW- -A&K Masada- -VFC FNX-45- -TM Recoil AKs-74u-
Comment
Post
Cancel
Fulliautomatix
Cadet
Join Date:
Jan 2015
Posts:
33
Share
Tweet
#13
28 April, 2015, 22:32
Re: What on earth is all this wiring???
Cheers! :-)
Comment
Post
Cancel
Previous
template
Next
About the Author
Collapse
Find out more about
Fulliautomatix
Working...
Yes
No
OK
OK
Cancel
X