If you want to dishwash your omnibot, you got to take out all of the electric stuff first!

Good luck

Thanks DJ Sures for your reply, I am anxious to make this "thing" work. And thank you Niek for your reply, Your video was very informative, good job!!

LOL, no I won't put him in the washer without taking him apart, he won't fit,..

I am shopping for batteries as I have ordered the EZ-Robot kit and the 2.5 Amp Motor Controller. I was wondering if you have to use 2 batteries or can one good power source be good enough to run both motor/ezboard. Will the 7.2v 2000mha work for a time between charges? Is it a NiCd battery pack or a sealed lead type, like in a UPS? Any good sources online to order from?

LEDs? Just regular blue LEDs with wire leads?

Thanks for your help,..

Here is Mr. Filthy, man is he dirty,.. 4 years in storage

Welcome to EZ-B I used the original style battery to power my omnibot - Bob. He works fine on that. See my build under "Robots" "Bret's Omnibot and Bob's Debut". I did a lot of mods and he works fine with 6 volts. I got it for 10 bucks. Bob Debut Bret's Omnibot

Thanks Bret! I really like your postings, your omnibot has some great mods. I keep looking to see how you moded it. Ordered a claw and some leds today, the claw is more practical than the original, good job!! I think the claw is a must have now on the omnibot, lol. You got me thinking about color now. The black and silver is sharp vs white. How did you get the front lights to work? The flashing is wicked. They add a darth vader look, heh. Got 6v battery on the way,... you were right, $11, amazon. I am starting the teardown tonight,...

Sweet! For the chest lights I used a running light circuit I got as a kit. I just replaced the red LEDs with different color ones and mounted them in a random order.

Ok, I have spent several hours looking for an led running circuit. I found out how to wire my own leds but I do not think the EZ-board will flash them. I have found led strips, led custom boards (over my head) and just leds themselves. Can you let me know what kit you got? There are too many to determine what will work. And, what did you use to cover the holes the leds are flashing through? Silicone? Is this a 9v power to the led board (I see so many of those online) , or direct connect to the battery? Thanks for any help,..

Teardown is going well. I have decided on an R2-D2 look; White/semi-gloss body with some blue here and there, silver head, blue led eyes, with some blue on the head. Blue on the arms, where the stickers were and silver on the plastic leads on the arms. I am planning on extending the clearance of both arms by like 2 inches or so. I'm going to try and get some pvc pipe and connect it to make clearance for the arm/claw. I noticed it hits the body easily. With some extra clearance it won't bind. Just thinking out loud, any suggestions are welcome,..

Thanks all,.. Folon

THere are several kits available - LED Chaser Kit - I tied mine into the EZ-Board directly so I could turn them on and off by it. Here are a couple of good ones (I like the tiny cylon one). These are on ebay but you could also check velleman and all electronics.

Kit 1

Kit 2

Thanks a lot,.. This helps me a great deal. I just was not finding anything good like this. Really appreciate your time,.. I am probably going to get the kit 1. It looks like just what I need without messing with resistors, and since the EZ-board will power it, even better.

Thanks!!!!

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