Help in panic mode!! (Leds in Matty wand tip not working)

Help in panic mode!! (Leds in Matty wand tip not working)#4930994

By tb-1599 - February 9th, 2020, 7:21 pm

- February 9th, 2020, 7:21 pm#4930994

In panic mode right now... For anybody who has a Matty Thrower. I was making some adjustments to my pack. Once I closed everything up I always go and test the functions. Well i noticed that the wand tip on my thrower is not lighting up and if it does it's not bright at all. Also the rumble motor sounds really loud(not sure if that is just me being overly freaked out now) Has anybody had this issue? Everything else works just fine... Any thoughts?

Re: Help in panic mode!! (Leds in Matty wand tip not working)#4931001

By Kingpin - February 10th, 2020, 12:59 am

- February 10th, 2020, 12:59 am#4931001

The problem with the lights may be as simple as a wire becoming detached whilst the thrower was opened up. The downside of course is you'll have to open it up again to inspect it.

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Re: Help in panic mode!! (Leds in Matty wand tip not working)#4931005

By tb-1599 - February 10th, 2020, 7:32 am

- February 10th, 2020, 7:32 am#4931005

I never opened the wand only my pack. (Added a volt meter)

Re: Help in panic mode!! (Leds in Matty wand tip not working)#4931011

By Kingpin - February 10th, 2020, 11:31 am

- February 10th, 2020, 11:31 am#4931011

Ah, in that case, you'll need to open the Pack up and see if a wire's been disconnected.

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Re: Help in panic mode!! (Leds in Matty wand tip not working)#4931013

By tb-1599 - February 10th, 2020, 11:39 am

- February 10th, 2020, 11:39 am#4931013

Ughhh I really don't want to open my wand. I heard it's not that easy. ( You have to cut a few areas.)

Re: Help in panic mode!! (Leds in Matty wand tip not working)#4931032

By WindDrake - February 10th, 2020, 3:20 pm

- February 10th, 2020, 3:20 pm#4931032

To open the thrower, you have to punch through a couple of glued-in screw covers. Then you'll have to work your way to the barrel tip - generally this problem is caused by broken solder joints/wires where the 4? 5? conductor flat ribbon connects to the barrel tip LED PCB. Not hard, just tedious.

Re: Help in panic mode!! (Leds in Matty wand tip not working)#4931033

By tb-1599 - February 10th, 2020, 3:25 pm

- February 10th, 2020, 3:25 pm#4931033

So I don't have to open the main body? just the forward grip?

Re: Help in panic mode!! (Leds in Matty wand tip not working)#4931037

By tb-1599 - February 10th, 2020, 4:51 pm

- February 10th, 2020, 4:51 pm#4931037

Well looks like it's surgery. I put in brand new batteries and the same thing. As soon as I physically pushed the barrel in a little it works..

Re: Help in panic mode!! (Leds in Matty wand tip not working)#4931048

By tb-1599 - February 11th, 2020, 7:36 am

- February 11th, 2020, 7:36 am#4931048

Opened it up and this is what I found. It looks like the wires are either glued or sonic welded (on purpose?) to a section of the tube. The problem is over time the same area of wire keeps getting bent every time you active the tube mech, so eventually it starts to crack. I had to remove the PCB create clean cuts on the wires and resolder. Now I am back up and running. HOWEVER while I was in there, one of the things I never liked was the fact that the sound came out of the pack and the thrower. So I spliced into the speaker wire added a switch. Now I can turn the sound off on the thrower it's self.