Swallow charger
12-27-2006, 05:01 AM
#1
Swallow charger
Hi guys im in need of some help
i have a friend who has one of those blue swallow chargers which discharges and cycles as well and it has a LCD screen which runs off 12 volts
now the problem is when going to charge before it starts charging theres an error message that says
output circuit error
with this message i have come to a conclusion that there is something wrong with the battery leads side of the charger. we have tried the discharge function with the same error msg
i have also tried to use the charge fuction without connect the charger to the battery now normally it should read a message saying output circuit open or something but still it gives the same error message of "output circuit error"
has anyone with this charger have come across this problem?
thanks in advance guys for any help
i have a friend who has one of those blue swallow chargers which discharges and cycles as well and it has a LCD screen which runs off 12 volts
now the problem is when going to charge before it starts charging theres an error message that says
output circuit error
with this message i have come to a conclusion that there is something wrong with the battery leads side of the charger. we have tried the discharge function with the same error msg
i have also tried to use the charge fuction without connect the charger to the battery now normally it should read a message saying output circuit open or something but still it gives the same error message of "output circuit error"
has anyone with this charger have come across this problem?
thanks in advance guys for any help
12-27-2006, 05:53 PM
#3
Hmmm... thats bad...
The swallow advance goes by the name of the multiplex ln 5014 in the states, so here's the manual for it:
http://robotcombat.com/images/5014_manual.pdf
Consistent with my documentation for the swallow advance, the error you are receiving is
"Internal error in charger"
The swallow advance goes by the name of the multiplex ln 5014 in the states, so here's the manual for it:
http://robotcombat.com/images/5014_manual.pdf
Consistent with my documentation for the swallow advance, the error you are receiving is
"Internal error in charger"
12-27-2006, 08:38 PM
#4
did the charger get involved in some sort of accident? was it dropped or hit? cause my manual says that it means that the circuit board inside the swallow charger isnt functioning properly.
undo all 4 screws on the case of the swallow and carefully lift up the lid which is also attatched to the lcd screen. inspect the charger output fittings and look for loose wires, etc. if there is put the cover back on again and take it to where you bought. they will either repair it or replace it depending on how the problem was caused.
undo all 4 screws on the case of the swallow and carefully lift up the lid which is also attatched to the lcd screen. inspect the charger output fittings and look for loose wires, etc. if there is put the cover back on again and take it to where you bought. they will either repair it or replace it depending on how the problem was caused.
12-27-2006, 10:14 PM
#6
re solder ur battery leads
12-27-2006, 10:33 PM
#10
soz my bad......didnt read the Q properly
yeah u have a blown diode or sumthing in the circuit.......maybe u had a short circuit....take the PCB out and look for like a little black cloud
yeah u have a blown diode or sumthing in the circuit.......maybe u had a short circuit....take the PCB out and look for like a little black cloud
12-28-2006, 03:19 AM
#13
Thank you very much for your help guys very much appreciated
Yea i've came to the conlusion that my mates charger is faulty inside we have opened it apart that day it happened and we couldnt observe anything that was abnormal i will have to re-open it again to check for a black diode as savage has mentioned but other than im not expert. But from memory everything looked fine when we took the casing apart nothing was burnt or disconnected.
i asked my mate if he did anything abnormal prior to the error messaging occuring and he said no. But what he did mention was the last ever charge he did before the error message was that the charging process didnt take long and that his battery was not warm so i can only assume it must have shorten out somehow, maybe the wind blew the wires together as he was using a deans pigtail connection to charge his batteries which had deans on it. I also suggested that it could have been that his heat shrinking on his cells had been exposed and he had left the battery on his car on the front nose cone assembly which was made out of metal so he might have shorten the battery out on that as well... either way it seems like its not worth trying to fix it if we cant see any obvious problems inside so might have to look for a new charger for him..
but thanks guys appreicate your help once again
cheers!
James
Yea i've came to the conlusion that my mates charger is faulty inside we have opened it apart that day it happened and we couldnt observe anything that was abnormal i will have to re-open it again to check for a black diode as savage has mentioned but other than im not expert. But from memory everything looked fine when we took the casing apart nothing was burnt or disconnected.
i asked my mate if he did anything abnormal prior to the error messaging occuring and he said no. But what he did mention was the last ever charge he did before the error message was that the charging process didnt take long and that his battery was not warm so i can only assume it must have shorten out somehow, maybe the wind blew the wires together as he was using a deans pigtail connection to charge his batteries which had deans on it. I also suggested that it could have been that his heat shrinking on his cells had been exposed and he had left the battery on his car on the front nose cone assembly which was made out of metal so he might have shorten the battery out on that as well... either way it seems like its not worth trying to fix it if we cant see any obvious problems inside so might have to look for a new charger for him..
but thanks guys appreicate your help once again
cheers!
James
12-28-2006, 03:23 AM
#14
oh another cautious thing i might add is these chargers have no fan so they get pretty hot and i mate chargers packs after packs without letting the charger cool down, thats another theory i believe might have contributed to his early death of his charger..
cheers
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