[NSRCA-discussion] Futaba Repair Centre

[John Pavlick]

I just had my 12Z serviced using the non-expedited shipping method and I had it back a little over a week after I sent it in. I'm in the USA however.
 
I fast charge Ni packs inside the Tx all the time using a Sirius charger. For overnight / slow charging I use either a plug-in wall-wart type of charger (like the one that came with the radio) or my Litco Alpha-4. I don't know if the Triton is really intended for slow charging (C/10) but if you did in fact have it set for C/10 I don't know why it would have melted the pack. You can usually leave a battery on slow charge for 15-20 hours and it's not even warm when you're finished charging. 
 
John Pavlick

--- On Fri, 4/3/09, Walter Nasse <wnasse at telus.net> wrote:

From: Walter Nasse <wnasse at telus.net>
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Futaba Repair Centre
To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Date: Friday, April 3, 2009, 3:56 AM

BlankHello All

I just finished extracting a melted battery cartridge out of my 9Z
transmitter.

I put the NiCad battery on charge last night with my trusty Triton set at .2
A as I have done many times before. (Pack was still inside the transmitter)

A while later I went to check the charge progress and noticed a burning
smell and the charger had stopped chargeing.

The plastic case was fused to the internal battery compartment.

Needless to say that will have been the last time I charge a pack inside the
transmitter.

What is the usual turnaround time for the Futaba Repair Center? How do you
usually ship transmitters?  What do you include?

I have to ship from Canada

I'm still a little shocked as this is the first time something like this
has
happend to me in 30 years of flying.

Walter



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