Halo B question

[Darkwind]

Ok I know that its been suggested by John to greasethe belt in the halo b to stop it crushhing paint in the feedneck ...Effectively letting the belt drive slip when under high tension.

Anyone recommend any particular grease to do this ?

cheers darky

 

[Lovetone]

any paintball lube should do i think
Dow33 maybe

as long as its NOT oil

 

[chrismrgn]

Yea oil will decompose the rubber band, i would use a real thick grease as u dont want it to slip too much when its actually just feeding paint.

 

[Rosie]

John said its gotta be silicone based lube but I don't have any and I'm not gonna buy a £10 kg from Sweden or wherever, just to use 10g on a Halo: so are there any alternatives?
hopefully cheap and in the UK thanks

or otherwise I will just have to stretch the detent springs a bit more and hope for the best

 

[Dskize]

have you checked the pot on the board (metal thing on the top right of the board with the slot in it) the arrow should be sitting at the 9 o,clock position(it controls the torque of the motor ive also been led to believe - angelowners.com ) if your having problems it can help if you back it off slighly - ie towards 8 oclock

did this a while ago with a halo and it seemed to stop the problem

 

[andyp1]

oh, i like the sound of that Dskize, i will have to give it a go on mine, cos its very brutal on paint and is causing problems

cheers for the advice

 

[Rosie]

Originally posted by andyp1
oh, i like the sound of that Dskize, i will have to give it a go on mine, cos its very brutal on paint and is causing problems

cheers for the advice

Yeah mine too
didnt know there was a pot on the Halo I will try that out
thanks mate

 

[John C]

Originally posted by Dskize
have you checked the pot on the board (metal thing on the top right of the board with the slot in it) the arrow should be sitting at the 9 o,clock position(it controls the torque of the motor ive also been led to believe - angelowners.com ) if your having problems it can help if you back it off slighly - ie towards 8 oclock

did this a while ago with a halo and it seemed to stop the problem

Hmm,

The pot on the board doesnt control the Torque, well not directly.

It adjusts the reference voltage that the board compares the eyes to, if the reference voltage is lower, then the processor interprets the eyes as being 'high' more often, so it spins the motor less.

It is there because of tolerances in the eyes, so with a particular set of eyes the pot will do nothing, with another set the pot will make a big difference.







For grease, you can get it at alot of paintball shops.
Shocker Lube or Cinamon butter is fine.

But usually the stuff you buy in the local hardware store is better, just get something that is nice and sticky (make sure its silicone based).
It costs about £5 a tube.

 

[Dskize]

Originally posted by Dskize
(it controls the torque of the motor ive also been led to believe - angelowners.com )

^^^ note disclaimer

it does however seem to work for a lot of people from what ive read(and experienced), thanks for the actual explenation of what it does though

 

[Rosie]

Originally posted by John C
It is there because of tolerances in the eyes, so with a particular set of eyes the pot will do nothing, with another set the pot will make a big difference.

Ok i adjusted the pot and it appears to have helped a little as it didnt break so much paint (but whoevers idea it was to make the pot out of soft plastic: you are stupid).
never took it apart before and probably wont again for ages: what a performance. But first off during the what, day? it had been left on there, the Halo had got stuck on the feedneck, and when i tried to unscrew it the feedneck just came off the marker: i ended up hairdrying the feedneck, to get it off the halo, and using molegrips with rubber on them and some paint flaked off .

...anyway rant over
if I also put in the 4 battery cradle would that slow it down too much? i dont get what the difference is, does it decrease the power thats going into the Halo or just use the batteries quicker as there are less