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HC-1 Battery is DOA...

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KPack:
Pat - glad there is no problem.  The HC-1 takes much longer to charge than the HC-2, so I guess it doesn't surprise me that it took a while to come back to life.  Once it is fully charged after fully discharing, the battery indicator will be much more accurate and your battery life should be excellent (as the info that Bill posted will show you).  I have literally not charged my HC-2 for 3 weeks now and it still has plenty of charge left.  Granted, I haven't been using it for continous running, but I have been using it for updates, downloads, testing, etc.

-Kevin

JJ Crooke:
Hi everyone,

I'm currently having the same issue. I bought two HC-2 starter pack last year at the Springfield show and although I was planning to start using RailPro shortly after, life got in the way and tons of projects around the house delayed everything. I'm finally done wiring my layout and installed a PWR-56 yesterday. Because the HC-2 had been sitting in the box for a year, I'm having issues charging it. I left it charging overnight and, besides a very brief flickering of the screen, I still have a dead screen this morning. I pressed the reset button a few times to no avail. I'm having the same issue for both HC-2. Reading this thread, I noticed this:

"If you press the reset button and try to charge a HC shortly after pressing the reset, the HC will not charge properly.  It will display "Done" charging and the battery charge indicator will show a full charge but it will drain quickly.  Since the reset causes the HC to display nearly fully charged it will only allow a short charge and turn off (This is a safety feature to prevent resets and over charging)."

So I've unplugged the HC-2, press the reset button one more time and I will wait an hour or two before charging it again. Hopefully it will charge properly this time. I'll keep you posted.

nodcc4me:
Welcome JJ.

If you can get the screen to light up for a short time, don't press the reset. Just try following the directions posted above.

JJ Crooke:
No luck. My two HC-2 are still dead. I guess that my only option is to email Tim at RE and see what he has to say. :(

William Brillinger:
is the charger actually functioning?

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