Do you need a dedicated channel to power a receiver

[taggarc]

Can you use a y-lead to combine a power source and a servo to a single receiver channel and does it have any implications in terms of reliability - electrical and or signal gremlins ?

I have a number of FrSky RX6R Receivers which I wish to use for a full house glider set up and as this requires 6 channels there isn't a dedicated channel left to use for the receiver' power supply. Hence the above solution.

FrSky RX6R (With UNI-RX Firmware)

The RX6R receiver incorporates all of the functions of X6R. It features 6 high precision PWM outputs and low latency. The PWM output is 9ms faster than the X6R in high speed mode. The RX6R also supports redundancy, this means you can connect another receiver as a back-up in the case that the...

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Thanks

Taggarc

 

[Kilrah]

You can, you just have one more connector in line and you need to make sure your Y lead is proper quality, have seen terrible ones over the years.

 

[thenated0g]

If you wanted an additional "channel" just for power and didnt want to make up a Y (and you can solder) you could easily solder a female servo connecter to the pins on the bottom of the circuit board.

Pretty sure all the grounds are connected and all the positive power pins are connected. So you can use the smart port and rssi ports as well as "power ports" for your battery. For example the RX6R comes with 6 available channel 3pins but if take the special adapter that comes with it (white plug on one end, 6 bare wires on the other) you could add a female servo lead to the red and black to provide power to the rx.

 

[taggarc]

Thanks guys for the info - think my recent problems (erratic control in one of my gliders ) may have been caused by a very poor y lead so will try to locate a better quality ones and or use one of the ports as suggested. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't doing something inherently wrong !