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Old 04-17-2003, 10:58 PM
Halthek Halthek is offline
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Question Is my tank dead?

I just got both a Sherman and a T34. Both ran great for the first two charges. On the third charge, I accidently left the T34 on while charging. The controller acted like it charged the tank correctly, but I have not been able to get the tank to run since. I've left the tank on to discharge the battery, and recharged it correctly several times now. If I change the ID, it seems to work correctly (the tank's LED flashes). But when I select one of the play modes the tank's LED never flashes as the controller does it's initialization.

I have also tried everything I'm doing on the Sherman. I'm confident I'm setting the ID, turning things on in the correct order, used fresh batteries in the controller, etc, since the Sherman always works. I don't think it's a motor problems since the tank's LED never flashes when the contoller is turned on. It looks like the controller is not talking to the tank.

So... Does leaving the tank on while charging kill it? Or do I have a different problem? Is there any hope left for the T34?

-Hal

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Old 04-18-2003, 08:07 AM
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I never had any problems charging a tank with it switched on...it just doesn't charge the tank. It didn't do any harm and I've done it tons of times (always makes me mad).

Try charging the T-34 on the Sherman controller and make sure you have fresh quality batteries installed and I bet you will be OK.
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Old 04-19-2003, 09:52 PM
Halthek Halthek is offline
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Well, I've charged on the Sherman controller with brand new batteries. No change. I got a winter battle set today, so I used the controller for dead T34 on the new winter T34. It worked with no problem, so it seems to be issolated to the tank.

At this point with a seemingly dead tank after only two charges, I'm thinking of trying to return it. Oh well.

-Hal
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Old 05-17-2003, 03:11 AM
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It could just be that one of the cells in your tank is a dud. If you can get it replaced under warranty, great. If not you will need a DMM to determine if you have a bad cell(s) and maybe replace the pack.

Michael
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