Not screen accurate by any means, but I love how this quick mod looks on my Rubie’s Walmart exclusive Ghostbusters ghost trap.
I found a 10ft thin coaxial cable with BNC male connectors already on each end, a pair of mountable BNC female connectors and wrapped it up with 10ft of 1/8 inch split loom.
I should have added the links in the original post. I can’t figure out how to edit the post, so I’ll post them here. (I did figured out how to edit, so I added these to the original post. )
All i have done to my Walmart trap since I bought it months ago is add stickers. I have been wanting to atleast extend the pedal wire this is a really cool functional mod :love:
Definitely an excellent and easy way to connect and upgrade that trap! On the first impression it even looks quite close to screen accuracy. I think, kahuna900 - you nailed it! :-o
Another quick mod… I swapped out the on/off button on both my Rubie’s and Spirit traps. It was nice to get rid of the “try me” mode on the Rubie’s trap, and now it’s so much easier to switch the trap on/off with one hand while holding the handle.
Inexperienced with Electronic wiring, so forgive the dumb question, did you just splice and solder the wiring to the more heavy duty wires? Diagram of that setup would be awesome.
This mod is super easy. You just need to un-solder the existing wires and solder them to the new switch. The Rubie’s trap with the remote pedal actually has four wires going to the stock switch (two extra used for the “demo” mode), so you’ll only need to re-solder the green and yellow wires to the new switch.
The nice thing about these switches is they fit in the current switch spot without cutting off the stock mounts. You do need to enlarge the stock switch slot a bit, but not much. I simply used a flat head screwdriver and twisted a slightly larger hole.
That’s strange, I haven’t had any trouble with the two traps I have opened up and modded. They do come with a “try me” mode, not sure if the doors are supposed to open in that mode and I can’t test that because I have disable that mode on both of my traps.
Looks like I’m going to have to open up my son’s ghost trap to find some extra space for the bigger batteries or mod the electronics, so that it will work with AA batteries.
Whilst I’ve got it stripped down I’m going to replace the on/off switch & add a BNC connector for the foot switch.
That’s really strange… are you getting any movement from the motor? Have you tried removing the doors and seeing if maybe they were install incorrectly and if the motor turns the gears without the doors attached?
Thank you for the information on the cable. This is my first mod so please excuse my ignorance. When looking at the female BNC female connector you linked to in your supply list where do the wires get soldered to? There is the brass tube on the back of the connector. Do they both attach on that or some other configuration? Thank you!
One lead is soldered to the tube on the back, the other is soldered to the metal washer point that is sticking out with the little hole at the end. You can bend that point if needed to fit each application.
