Foil Troubleshooting
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1. The barrel is loose Tighten carefully with pliers The foil wire is broken If the lights are intermittent try flexing the blade to trigger the white lights success means the blade wire is probably broken If the lights are triggered by shaking the blade the point or clip may be to blame The circuit is breaking at the clip Check that the body cord is held securely by the clip The body wire is broken Diagnose by shorting the two connections on the weapon end of the body wire If the lights continue the body wire or reel is at fault Short the two close prongs at the other end of the body wire if the lights stop the body wire is to blame If not see 7 The scoring apparatus is broken The connections reel wire reel contacts floor wire or scoring box may be at fault Short the same wires as in 6 at the various points of connection to successively eliminate each The guard is loose Tighten the pommel or pommel nut Foil produces coloured lights when the tip is not depressed but is in contact with the opponent s lame The circuit is broken see previous problem The circuit is breaking when the blade flexes as it contacts the lame or when the point is jarred Could be caused by grit in the tip a broken wire whose ends normally remain in contact or a separated wire and cup There is no light when a touch is made You are not hitting properly Friction between the barrel and point is preventing the point f2. Foil Troubleshooting Wednesday 26 November 2003 Contributed by Craig Harkins Basic troubleshooting procedures for the most common problems in dealing with electric foil fencing Weapon fails weight test The spring is too soft Get a new spring or stretch the old one Friction between the barrel and point is overwhelming the spring Clean the inside of the barrel or replace the entire tip if the barrel or point is bent warped Hitting the strip produces a light The strip is not grounded or is dirty corroded The exterior of the foil point is dirty corroded Valid touch produces a white light Opponent s lame is not connected Opponent s body wire is broken Diagnose by testing at the lame clip and at the reel wire connection Opponent s lame has a dead spot With some boxes dead spots can be diagnosed by grounding the fencer s weapon to his suspect lame and then probing the lame with the other fencer s weapon This does not work with boxes that have an anti fraud feature Your foil body wire polarity is reversed Disassemble and reverse the connections The exterior of your foil point is dirty corroded Foil circuit is breaking just before the touch see below Foil produces white lights when the tip is not depressed The tip is jammed shut Spin the point or slap on the floor to free it Grit in the tip is breaking the circuit Spin the point or slap on the floor to dislodge the grit
3. rom depressing Slap on the floor to loosen it otherwise clean or replace the tip Spring is too heavy Compress it or heat one end with a match Opponent is grounding his weapon to his lame Tell him to stop it s illegal You are grounding your own foil to your opponent s lame Improve the insulation on your foible 15 cm is required The foil wire is shorting to the weapon Check the integrity of the insulation along the wire and beneath the cushion Also make sure no wire ends at the clip are touching the rest of the weapon The scoring box is on the wrong weapon setting There is a short in your body wire If there are no lights when the weapon is unplugged but there are lights when the http www fencing101 com Fencing Net Fencing News Training and more Powered by Mambo Open Source Generated 20 May 2004 16 25 body wire is unplugged from the reel the body wire is at fault There is a short in the scoring apparatus If there are no lights when the fencer unplugs from the reel this is the problem It can be isolated by successively unplugging connections to the box Wrong lights go off when a touch is made The scoring box is on the wrong weapon setting http www fencing101 com Fencing Net Fencing News Training and more Powered by Mambo Open Source Generated 20 May 2004 16 25
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