charging problem with bit char-g

[Admin]

i’m hoping someone can help me…

my 40mhz bit won’t charge when put onto it’s controller. i’ve tried to charge it on a different controller and that works fine, so it’s a problem with the handset itself.

when the bit’s charged it can be operated perfectly with the (non-charging) controller, so it’s only a problem with the actual charging.

when i connect the car to the handset the charging led flashes once, then nothing. when the 2 contact points on the controller are touched to each other, the same.

so it recognises there’s a circuit, it just doesn’t seem to actually charge the bit.

batteries are new, etc.

if anyone has had this problem or knows about it, i’d be grateful.

-james

[jamiekulhanek]

Have you tried holding/wriggling it down?? Perhaps a bad contact……

If that doesn’t work, it may be something more complicated……….

[Admin]

boy have i ever. pressing, wriggling, etc.

i (carefully) disassembled the controller last night to see it there was anything that had come loose or visibly broken, but nothing stood out.

how irksome!

[jamiekulhanek]

Do you own a digital Multi Meter???

[micro_Amps]

Might be a faulty component in there. You might just have to tolerate charging it on another controller and then running it with that one.
:)uA

[Admin]

i do, but i really wouldn’t know where to begin.

any ideas on what could be a likely area to start poking around with it?

if not, i guess i’ll just have to start from the start…

[Admin]

never! that’d be too annoying.

i’m sure it can be fixed. oh, perhaps i should have mentioned that it used to work fine, just now it’s stopped. it wasn’t dropped or anything like that, so it’s strange…

in any case, i will see it fixed!

[HACHI-RYOKU]

Is it an LXX or super perfection?

[Admin]

it’s a standard australian compact char-g.

[HACHI-RYOKU]

I would recomend taking it back for another car or your money. I agree with MA. It’s something faulty, and would be most quickly fixed by replacing it.

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