Thanks for the suggestions. On working with the sub, I discovered that the battery based charger is basically crap. The batteries are NIMH inside the sub and I created a connection for it to my Radio Shack NIMH/Nicad charger. For once, the batteries really got a decent charge and the run time was FAR better. So my thinking was that the batterys were never getting a decent charge from the beginning. And on top of this the radio reception is terrible and I was looking at placing the antenna outside of the sub to get a better range. Still thinking about that one.....

Now I have a new problem, where one of the wires broke and took the circuit board track with it. Seems I will have to create a jumper to get it working again and i'm wondering whats the point. I'm getting tired of the toy subs as they have these little problems and don't last very long. The Walmart subs have been pretty decent and I have two of those, and they have been better to work with than this one. Maybe others here on the forum will benefit from the pics and the trouble I have had with this particular sub.

Skitt