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Old 04-02-2008 | 08:18 AM
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talbotg
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Default EFlite Blade LiPo Charging Problems

My EFlite Blade CPP battery is not charging well.
It normally would charge for about an hour, then there would be a twinkle (not a flash) in the green light for about ten minutes, then it was done.
It worked great. As soon as I noticed a decrease in power, I would land the CP Pro.

Now, when I plug in to charge, the green light twinkles immediately and goes out after abour 10 or 15 minutes.
I tried re-plugging it for another 10 minutes, etc. but it doesn't seem to get a charge.

I bought a new battery that does the same thing. If I'm lucky, on one of the many tries, I might not get the twinkle and will
get an hour of charge.

I thought it might be the power source being intermittant (Baghdad), but when plugging it to back-up battery box, it still does this.
I plugged it to a car battery, same thing.

If the batteries are bad, especially the new one, then I'm in the wrong sport. At $35 a pop, they need to be more robust than that.
I always land my helo at the first sign of power decrease.

However, I think it's my charger...anyway to test it? I may just send it to Horizon Hobby and ask them to trouble shoot
the batteries and charger.

Thoughts?