ORIGINAL: ameyam
I received a 4.8V 2200mah pack fully charged from the club secretary, very kind of him.
No Jaka, I am not losing programming day to day. Saturday morning I was testing with the faulty battery pack. Hence, I found that the ailerons would suddenly stop moving. When I looked at the receiver I found that it was blinking green but the red led also seemed to be blinking and the one set of control surfaces was slowly moving in one direction. I didnt figure out that the battery pack was dead untill I put it in another airplane and found that the RX wouldnt come on and then I tried the voltwatch2. What I was having was a RX brownout.
I dont know whether previous problems were due to the extensions or the battery. Certainly, every time I changed the extensions I had it working OK and I have had atleast 3 weeks on that pack after the aileron problems before flying was stopped in January. Since I dont have a charge cycler, I didnt cycle the battery pack. In fact the what I was doing on Saturday was using the servo test feature in the radio to put atleast one cycle through the pack when these problems started.
But for peace of mind, I am neither going to use those extensions nor the battery pack in future. I was toying with moving to LiFe(PO4) batteries for some time recently and this is the indication (or excuse) to make that move. I didnt have this problem with the TX because I was using (both of) them for my simulator and hence they kept in circulation. I am using NiCd in the 6EXHP and NiMh on the 9CAP+TM8
Ameyam
Battery going down can also be the switch. A long time ago to cycle batteries I used to turn on my RX and TX then watch TV while moving the sticks around until they quit working. Then I would charge the pack on my wall wart for a day or two and do it again. Not the best system to do it but it worked. A fully charged pack isn't going to go down that much unless you have a short someplace. I have been known to leave the plane turned on for a few days too, it happens. A 6 volt pack is going to require much more charge time too if you are using the wall warts. Just a couple of things to think about.