Lamptron FC5 Fan Control & LCD Read-Out

[ascl]

There have been a number of people complaining about the same problem. I got mine set up today, and thankfully I am not seeing it. If you do the soldering over R38 "fix", please report back how it goes.

[Church]

No i made myslef the connector is this one

Nice compact one. What did you need for it? That mini plate and then solder on those four connectors?
P.S.
You should choose connectors in black color + presleave before any soldering wires to.

[Johnmark]

The FC5 is a really nice controller. John, it sounds like maybe your controller just barely passed QC or something? The build quality on my FC5 is top notch and really compliments the sunbeam rheobus extreme very nicely. Maybe a return/RMA is in order to make it as nice as it should be.

I'd say you are right on the money regarding passing QC, had to pull a sticker off the speaker that said "remove after washing"
But then again what good is the speaker when the alarm doesn't work when monitoring temps.

John

[Gamb311]

After 1 replacement and same problem I had to do the soldering "fix". Well it does fix the readings going out problem. Only problem now is when I'm looking down from above I see bright 888's and 188s. But for the most part it worked out...

[andressergio]

Thanks for all the help peeps! Got it working properly now.

andressergio, in this day of fast food and fast everything, I forgot all about making a nice little board like yours. Nice work I'm going to build one !

John

thanks mate on that lit circuit board im taking RPM from one fan

Cheers
Sergio

[Johnmark]

After 1 replacement and same problem I had to do the soldering "fix". Well it does fix the readings going out problem. Only problem now is when I'm looking down from above I see bright 888's and 188s. But for the most part it worked out...

So if I understand you the fix really doesn't work, sounds like it creates another problem. If you look at the display head on does it look normal?

What a bummer, waited almost a year for the FC5 and its a dud.

Guess the Sunbeam and OLD Thermaltake are going back in

Those of you that have said they are having no problem with the FC5 is there some kind of rev. # or marking's on the unit you are using?

John

[Gamb311]

Head on, sides I see it just fine. It's just on mine after soldering if I look at it from above or below I can't see readings now. It's better than not seeing anything from any angle. Still Lamptron needs to fix this themselves.

[andressergio]

i got mine less than a month ago and today i found it in another color and all 8888 displaying...i guess i have the same problem as all...

[Alexandr0s]

I really like my FC5, but the first channel is unable to control the fans, it just keeps it at maximum or off. So basically I got 3 fan channels, and 1 on/off switch. Still no biggy though, because the other channels still do 30W each, which should be sufficient for me.

[NaeKuh]

No i made myslef the connector is this one so i plug the 3 sanyos there and read its speed also

omg that is just awesome.

its what ive been asking for in our hobby.

all you need to do now is somehow make it take a voltage Pot.. and have a power lead going out, and then it would be the perfect rad mate.

[Alexandr0s]

Naekuh, any idea what kind of voltage pot would be necessary to handle 3 fans?

[Church]

Alexandr0s: i believe most vendors publish what current fan needs when working, and what current is needed startup current for them (usually higher). From those numbers you can simply calculate needed wattage. Eg. multiply startup current in amps x voltage (12V) x fan count, and compare to whatever you gonna use to power them (motherboard fan molex/some rheostat/some smart controller/..).

[H20Cooled]

One of my 2 FC5's has the LCD issue as well. One I sent back to the vendor that I purchased it from and and had a replacment as one of the channels was bad and would drop down to 7-8v even when turned all the way up.

Mt second unit is doing the screen issue and lamptron wanted me to send it overseas for the rma and I am not sure I am wanting to do that. I think I might try fixing it myself at this point since others have said the fix did not really solve all the problems

[Johnny87au]

I hate my kaze controller.

i killed 2 of them.

ABSOLUTE JUNK when connected to san aces.

They blow out like hot cakes.

+1, happened to me running panaflo's

[andressergio]

Guys the lamptron FC5 fix works ? i've seen users reporting that reading angles are affected by doing this but in my case came like that only way of seeing is direct in front...

So the fix stops the 8888 display crap ?

Thanks in advance for the help
Sergio

[CryptiK]

I also have the FC5. The display is pretty bad, all the other lines for the numbers can be seen just slightly less bright than the actual number its displaying, so if its supposed to be displaying "7" it's like a brighter "7" superimposed over a slightly less bright "8", so kind of annoying. Viewing angle is also poor. Other issues also similar to the guys in here.

[Johnmark]

I also have the FC5. The display is pretty bad, all the other lines for the numbers can be seen just slightly less bright than the actual number its displaying, so if its supposed to be displaying "7" it's like a brighter "7" superimposed over a slightly less bright "8", so kind of annoying. Viewing angle is also poor. Other issues also similar to the guys in here.

Yea the FC5 is a piece of JUNK, period. No response from tech support, nothing.

No more Lamptron products for this Cowboy!

[andressergio]

Yea the FC5 is a piece of JUNK, period. No response from tech support, nothing.

No more Lamptron products for this Cowboy!

i must say that i posted a thread saying what you are saying and spawne32 replied me very fast...PM him he will get the solution for ya, they sent me the V2 direct from factory

check this thread guys

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...inted+lamptron

cheers
Sergio

[andressergio]

I also have the FC5. The display is pretty bad, all the other lines for the numbers can be seen just slightly less bright than the actual number its displaying, so if its supposed to be displaying "7" it's like a brighter "7" superimposed over a slightly less bright "8", so kind of annoying. Viewing angle is also poor. Other issues also similar to the guys in here.

check here Cryp

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...inted+lamptron

[andressergio]

+1, happened to me running panaflo's

well you have to do the maths mate...kazes are 1A per channel, 2 san aces at 12V are more than 1A, not to mention if you regulate them to lower volts...for san aces you need Sunbeam Rehobus Xtreme or the Lamptron FC5 V2

[Johnmark]

i must say that i posted a thread saying what you are saying and spawne32 replied me very fast...PM him he will get the solution for ya, they sent me the V2 direct from factory

check this thread guys

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...inted+lamptron

cheers
Sergio

Thanks, I sure hope they respond and I get a working unit as I never got anything back from U.S. support?

[CryptiK]

check here Cryp

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...inted+lamptron

Thanks man. I've sent him an email.

[andressergio]

Thanks, I sure hope they respond and I get a working unit as I never got anything back from U.S. support?

they will mate just PM spawne32

cheers
Sergio

[PatRaceTin]

i use FC2 no lcd but high current

[Johnmark]

Thanks, I sure hope they respond and I get a working unit as I never got anything back from U.S. support?

Now that is service, received an email already and am on the RMA list! Delivery is back ordered, but hey I waited almost a year to get the FC5 so a few more weeks isn't going to hurt

Thanks again for the tip.