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Old 08-07-2002 | 12:56 AM
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I just sent my 8UAF in for service, and to have a polyswitch installed. Well there's a slight problem with the polyswitch: Whenever I try to cycle the battery (without removing it from the radio), the cycler shows that there's only 75% of the capacity in the battery. If I take the battery out of the radio to cycle it, then the cycler shows 100% capacity...


My question is: is this normal? Does the polyswitch puts a load in the circuit? If it is normal, then the polyswitch isn't very useful... Which is not a big problem with the 8UAF but it is with my 6XA (I ordered an extra polyswitch and installed it myself in the 6XA... same story about the cycling problem)


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Old 08-08-2002 | 01:54 AM
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I tried it again today with the 8UAF. This time it worked great. I believe there might have been something wrong with the connector I use between the cycler and the radio. Tomorrow I will try again with the 6XA, and let you know if it went well.


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Old 08-08-2002 | 08:10 AM
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Well it works with the 6XA too....


I believe I had a bad solder joint on my connector...


Sorry about this!
Old 08-08-2002 | 10:35 PM
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Any chance you used a higher discharge current when you were getting the disappointing results? If so, what current was it?
Old 08-09-2002 | 10:33 AM
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I'm using an old Digipace 1 with 300mah load. so no chance that was the problem. Now everything works fine after re-soldering the connector.

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