Hmmm. I don't know..the ones I've seen do it never actually lost power. I had two at the same site do it and my intuition was that the mate was somehow responsible.
On Sun, Jan 11, 2026, 8:34 AM Zeke Yewdall via RE-wrenches < [email protected]> wrote: > One of my customers thinks it happens after the charge controller loses > power due to a battery BMS shutdown. And the other one, it did happen on > the charge controller that was disconnected for a while for a new array > being wired in. So... I'm wondering, how does the FM100 store programming > data? Is it in some sort of memory that requires power? And if so, does > it have a coin battery in there or how does it remember the settings when > battery power is removed? I know this is a common thing in old ham radios > of a certain vintage, that they have an internal coin battery to remember > settings and after 5 or 10 years, it has to be replaced. The Midnite > Classics also have the coin battery in the display... so, does the FM100 > have something like this? > > Zeke > > > From: Tyrone Houck <[email protected]> > To: RE-wrenches <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] > Message-ID: > <CAEqH54= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I have had that happen before on at least 3 different occasions. > Specifically with the fm100. Totally random and couldn't come up with a > logical explanation. I just reprogram and roll with it...always seemed odd > though. > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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