Chris Channon Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Hi all, first off, merry Christmas, and i hope you all have a great new year. A question i hope you can help with, about 10 years ago i bought a "Multi-Q " 3 in 1 charger, superb bit of kit, you could charge the TX, Rx, and a glow-start all at once with a variable charge rate, really nice easy to use field charger. It died !! Anyway i bought a "Prolux " 3 in 1, again a nice charger but here is the problem, it will charger the Rx battery in situ, no prob , glow stick, no problem, but when i connect up the Tx plug and plug it in to the TX, it will not charge, take the battery out and charge it, fine. The old mulit Q would charge through a Tx plug in to the tranny, this one will not . Any ideas? Thanks in advance Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Is the charger designed around Futaba type or Hitec type? reverse polarity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Channon Posted December 26, 2009 Author Share Posted December 26, 2009 Hi Dusty, it is Futaba based, +ive lead in the centre, it is just strange, it works if i take the pack out, but will not charge the TX through the charger socket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Its probably the blocking diode which is fitted to the tx - this is to prevent damage to the circuitry if someone plugs in the wrong polarity, but unfortunaltely it means that certain chrgers which need to "see" the voltage of the battery before they start work - cant do so.Either bypass this diode, or charge out of the tx. This link here may help Edited By Timbo - Administrator on 26/12/2009 23:21:57 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Channon Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 Timbo, brilliant, thank you. Regards Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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