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Battery losing charge quickly...
bnsf8000:
I had not ran or operated on my layout for 3 years and 9 months! Right before I tore up a bunch of track back then and used my new Railpro at the time. Probably about 3 or 4 times. Anyway my problem is as soon as I run a train within 10 minutes the HC-1 shows about 50-60% charge already. It goes down from there, but not as fast. I'm only running 1 train for about 12 scale miles while doing laps. Also, do switching and it goes down in the same manner. Is it a bad battery or is a reset in store? It did run down fully 1 or 2 times over the those 3 years 9 months. Always charged right back up. but I wasn't using it. Thanks!
MtRR75:
If the Rail-Pro controller is not to be used, it should be recharged about once a month. I found this out the hard way, when I let mine sit unused for about 3 months. I had to send it back to Ring Engineering for a new battery.
William Brillinger:
You need to re-calibrate the indicator.
Battery Indicator Calibration:
Short answer: https://rpug.pdc.ca/index.php/topic,582.msg4522.html#msg4522
More in depth: https://rpug.pdc.ca/index.php/topic,25
bnsf8000:
Thanks Bill. I will do as described and report back when I use it again. I should have said when the HC-1 gets down to a quarter charge or less it really slows down losing its charge. Other than this the system is working great! It is used in conjunction with a Digitrax Super Chief system.
William Brillinger:
The charge meter is not very accurate at all. It's more of a guideline.
On my HC-2, I can get about 6 to 8 hours from the last bar before the red flashing begins.
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