Anyone know the diagnosis for this? I set the amp switch to 1amp to charge my receiver packs, plug the charger in, it beeps and blinks once, pauses, then beeps and blinks non-stop.
If I plug a battery pack into it prior to plugging the charger in, the charger beeps once, then the light blinks. (Which, according to the manual is what it's supposed to do when I plug the charger into power.) Then when I plug the charger in and hit the "start" button, the light will go solid red for about 30 seconds, then it beeps once and the light blinks conitually.
The receiver pack is low, but not dead. I just deadened it with a light until it was down to about 4.9V.
The charger is 2 days old. I charged two receiver packs this morning and it worked fine. Those were the first two charges of it's life. Then I tried charging my MLST 7.2v 1200Mah pack and it appeared to charge for a while at 2amps, but the pack got barely warm. The charger acted normal according to the manual though. It beeped then went into trickle mode when it "thought" the pack was peaked. That's when I tried switching it back to a dead receiver pack to see if it was normal. I'm used to charging the packs until they get to about 85 degrees or so. It only charged the MLST pack (not stock) until it was about 78 degrees.
For 6 years I've been using a 12V 900mah transformer I bought at radio shack to charge my receiver packs. For some reason, it stopped charging quickly. Typically, 25-35 minutes on a dead pack would make it heat up to about 90F and be charged to about 7V, then I'd take it off and run it. Now, it still charges, but it takes 1.5 hours to do what it used to do in 25-35 minutes.
I think I annoyed it when I tried charging my MLST pack. That's when this started and I decided to get a "real" charger.
If I plug a battery pack into it prior to plugging the charger in, the charger beeps once, then the light blinks. (Which, according to the manual is what it's supposed to do when I plug the charger into power.) Then when I plug the charger in and hit the "start" button, the light will go solid red for about 30 seconds, then it beeps once and the light blinks conitually.
The receiver pack is low, but not dead. I just deadened it with a light until it was down to about 4.9V.
The charger is 2 days old. I charged two receiver packs this morning and it worked fine. Those were the first two charges of it's life. Then I tried charging my MLST 7.2v 1200Mah pack and it appeared to charge for a while at 2amps, but the pack got barely warm. The charger acted normal according to the manual though. It beeped then went into trickle mode when it "thought" the pack was peaked. That's when I tried switching it back to a dead receiver pack to see if it was normal. I'm used to charging the packs until they get to about 85 degrees or so. It only charged the MLST pack (not stock) until it was about 78 degrees.
For 6 years I've been using a 12V 900mah transformer I bought at radio shack to charge my receiver packs. For some reason, it stopped charging quickly. Typically, 25-35 minutes on a dead pack would make it heat up to about 90F and be charged to about 7V, then I'd take it off and run it. Now, it still charges, but it takes 1.5 hours to do what it used to do in 25-35 minutes.
I think I annoyed it when I tried charging my MLST pack. That's when this started and I decided to get a "real" charger.
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