Strange Batery Behavior

[ronlock at comcast.net]

I agree with the play it safe approach and not use the
same batt & switch system untill you find the problem.

In future I'd suggest fly and check batt with ESV between each flight.
Then-without-charging-put-on-cycler and see how much was left in the battery.  That procedure may help catch an airplane that is using more than expected mah per flight.   (bad servo, stalled servo, stiff linkage, etc)

Later, Ron Lockhart

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> On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 14:51:23 +0000 
> randy10926 at comcast.net wrote: 
> 
> > I was out practicing this last Monday when I noticed the lights on my 
> > volt watch doing what I thought was strange stuff. So I stopping 
> > flying and went home. 
> > 
> > I put the plane on the cycler and charged the Ni-cds on the cycler. 
> > Next morning independent check showed the battery as full charged and 
> > no flickering lights on the volt watch when I turned the plane on. So 
> > far - go good, so I thought it might be good to cycle the batteries a 
> > couple of times just to make sure things are working. When I push the 
> > dis-charge button the plane immediately goes back to full charge. I 
> > cycled two other batteries to check the cycler out and it seems to be 
> > working. So is the battery in the Focus safe to use? 
> > 
> > Randy Hatfield 
> 
> When you say that you put the plane on the cycler, I presume you were 
> charging it through a switch harness. As Tony suggested, pull the pack 
> out and try to determine whether the problem is the pack or the 
> intermediate wiring/switch. Sounds like you dodged a bullet to me - 
> good luck finding a definitive cause. BTW, not affiliated or anything 
> but Radio South makes up very nice packs :) 
> 
> 
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> Tom 
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