Hi Tulio I have a MPX 3030 and to overcome the diode and the thin wires, so that I can fast charge the battery, I fitted as separate connector to the battery pack.
Much easier and safer than modifying the pcb board. The new connect lead is short and stows at the end of the battery box. Regards Brian Pettitt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonfiglio Tullio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Soaring list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 11:20 AM Subject: [RCSE] MPX 3030 battery charging > Hi, guys. > Yesterday I tried to charge the battery (1300 SC green Sanyo) of my recently > bought MPX3030 with the charging cable I did myself, starting from the > drawing on the very nice Neil Gillies site (www.sea-gull.demon.co.uk). Mine > is a simple and straight connection between + and - of my Astro 112D to the > + and - on the 3030 right side female DIN socket through a male DIN plug. > Well it simply happens that while the voltage reading on the charger is > about 4 Volts less than real (!!), it also cuts off after few minutes. I > tried at 200 mA, 'cause the battery hasn't been recharged since many months. > I tried many times without result nor understanding of the problem, so that > I eventually connected (and charged up to 1.1 A) directly the battery to the > charger, having extracted the battery internal connector from the upper > right power supply PCB. Of course everything worked OK and the battery has > since been cycled twice showing that it is OK. > Has anyone a solution to this puzzle ? > PS: The internal fuse is OK and there's the usual diode on the same PCB. > > TIA. > Ciao from Italy. > Tullio. > > Tullio Bonfiglio > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://space.virgilio.it/ocapofer > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
