Fanatec wheels don't like low temp!

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This is kinda funny. I found out that my GT2 will not power up if I let it sit in a room that is at under 20'C.

I store my rig in another room from where I play. This room will go down to 18'C at night because here in Canada nights are cold at this time of the year and I'm not heating rooms where nobody lives.

So when I get my rig out to play, I need to let it sit there for 10-20 minutes before I'm able to power it up or need a hair dryer if I'm in a hurry. Anybody experienced this? Any known fix?
 
exactly the same in Scotland, it only effects my GT2. My Turbos S and RS Wheels work no problem.. but the GT2's special!!!
 
My PWTS is over two years old and I've never had that problem. Even with the heat off and baclony door open. I've never even heard of that problem before so something is probably faulty with your wheel. Of course we don't deepfreeze on the west coast either.
 
Probably a cheap electronic part. Chinese quality tolerance I guess...:p Wheel works beautifully though.👍

So no known fix huh? Anybody?
 
Wow that's bizarre, I keep my house at ~66, so like 18ish in the winter and I've never had any problems. Wrap it in a blanket and keep it away from the windows, or maybe next to a heat register, since the heat coming out will be higher than the room's ambient temperature.
 
rocketcaron
This is kinda funny. I found out that my GT2 will not power up if I let it sit in a room that is at under 20'C.

I store my rig in another room from where I play. This room will go down to 18'C at night because here in Canada nights are cold at this time of the year and I'm not heating rooms where nobody lives.

So when I get my rig out to play, I need to let it sit there for 10-20 minutes before I'm able to power it up or need a hair dryer if I'm in a hurry. Anybody experienced this? Any known fix?
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you could start by trying to diagnose whether it is the wheel or the powersupply.

try leaving your powersupply in a warm room then later connect it and start the wheel to see if the problem is still present.
if the problem is still there then you know that the problem is with the wheel.
it at least gives you a start to diagnosing the problem
 
I've several of Fanatec's power supply's from a number of Wheels, swapping the PSU's around didn't cure my low temp startup.

your mileage may vary as they say :)
 

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