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Now that you've spent all that time making your new R/C car look authentic with everything from chrome tailpipes to the concourse driver and dash detailing, its time to add the final touch of realism to your touring sedan, formula one, or any other scale model——Novak Brake Lights. Our optional Brake Light Kit (#5655) comes with eveything you need to add high-power brake lights to any car equipped with one of Novak's speed controls that has built-in Brake Light Circuitry. Check our ESC Specifications Chart for compatible speed controls with our built-in brake light circuitry.
You get everything in this kit you need for quick and easy brake light installation. Each kit includes two premium-quality LEDs, versatile mounting brackets for mounting behind the taillight section of the car body or onto most any horizontal or vertical surface on the chassis, double-sided mounting tape, screws, heat shrink tubing, and JST connector harnesses for wiring the brake lights to the speed control.
Authentic realism with Novak Brake Lights
A. Connecting Brake Light Wiring
Refer to the hook-up photo below
Strip the insulation off about 1/4" of both the small (26 gauge) red and black brake light wires that exit the side of the speed control.
Only those speed controls with built-in brake light circuitry have the small red and black wires exiting the case.
Remove the insulation from the JST harness that is pre-stripped at the end of the wire and slip the heat shrink tubing over each wire.
(If you are using two LEDs, connect both of the red wires from the JST harnesses to the speed control's small red wire. Do the same for the small black wire.)
Slide the heat shrink tubing over the twisted or soldered wire connection. Heat the shrink tubing with a heat gun, lighter, or hair dryer to insulate the connection.
This will protect the ESC from a short that may occur if wires are left exposed.
Insert the LED into the mounting bracket so that the two metal leads go into the large opening, then through two of the small holes on the back of the bracket. The LED body should be inserted all the way into the mounting bracket so that it will be protected by the bracket.
Note: The metal lead on the flat side of the LED is the positive lead.
Connect the JST connector to the LED leads with the positive (flat side) lead going to the side of the JST connector marked RED, and the negative lead (opposite flat side) going to the side of the JST connector marked BLK.
Connecting the LED backwards will not cause damage, but the LED will not illuminate.
B. Mount The Brake Light Brackets
The brake light mounting brackets can be mounted behind the taillight section of the car body or onto most any vertical or horizontal surface on the chassis or body.
To mount the brackets to the taillight section——insert the screws through holes in the car body and into the screw openings in the mounting brackets.
To mount the brackets to the chassis——use Shoe-GooTM or double-sided mounting tape, or use the enclosed screws and an existing screw hole, or drill two holes at the proper spacing.
The brake lights will operate when the speed control is in neutral or during braking.
Note: For forward-only ESCs, the brake lights will operate when the speed control is in the neutral setting or at full or partial brakes. For reversible ESCs with Reverse Disable, the lights will only operate while the vehicle is in reverse. If the speed control's Reverse Disable function has been activated for forward-only operation of the vehicle, the lights will not operate.