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HC-2b charging problem
Morebassman:
I must have a bad cable.
Thanks for your help.
William Brillinger:
--- Quote ---I must have a bad cable.
--- End quote ---
Contact Ring, He should be able to hook you up ;)
Morebassman:
I contacted ring engineering yesterday and sent him the post I put up on the forum.
--- Quote ---Just downloaded the update for the HC-2b Charger the other day.
After the update my controller said it was fully charged.
Don't know why because I had to download the update and it would have lost some power along the way.
Anyway... I downloaded some other updates to controller to update sound on modules until there wasn't enough power to continue.
I tried to charge controller and it was at half way after I checked it later. My fault... I didn't set my timer to charge long enough per manual.
When I tried to fully complete the charge the next day, I get this message within a few minutes.
Faulted
charger under current
It was suggested I had a bad charger or usb cable.
I am using the original cable that came with charger.
If you think it’s the cable and/or charger, can you send a price and a payment method?
Thanks
Tom
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This was his reply to the problem.
You are likely ok. After a update the HC re-boots. It looses its current battery level and defaults to nearly full. So please let the HC run down until the charge indicator turns red (You are in the last 10% of battery life). This is easy to detect for the HC and the charge indicator will automatically be set to the proper charge. Then charge normally. Please be sure you did the update properly. It is important that you are running HC program Rev 2.03. From the main screen press the Adjust Settings button and check the Rev where it displays Program. If you do the above and still see a charger under current please let us know.
Thank you for contacting Ring Engineering!
I'm still trying to run down the controller. If I was in the last 10% of battery life I wouldn't think it would take that long to get into the red Zone.
William Brillinger:
--- Quote ---I'm still trying to run down the controller. If I was in the last 10% of battery life I wouldn't think it would take that long to get into the red Zone.
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The charge indicator is not very accurate until it hits the red-zone. A fully charged HC can go for 16 to 20 hours easily.
The easiest way to run it down is to set the screen brightness to full and then disable the auto shutdown, and leave it on.
It will still shutdown when it gets to the red-zone.
Morebassman:
I ran the contoller till it lost all power. Took awhile even with the brightness at 100%.
Good news is that it has been on the charger for about 2 hours and no (Faulted- Under Current Warnings).
Amazing!
Great responce for a fix from Ring Engineering.
and for this forum too!!!
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