Jim Oliver

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Some how I managed to put my 9503x away with the switch "on".......
When I discovered it, the battery low enough that the screen would not come on. After charging over night the voltage shows 11+ volts.

Am I correct in thinking that the battery protection logic shut the Tx down before the battery was low enough to damage the cells?

Is this battery safe to depend on?

Thanks,
Jim

BarracudaHockey

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I would give the battery a few cycles to be sure but usually with a low discharge rate they will tolerate a little abuse.

The radio will shut down when the voltage becomes too low for it to operate.

Jim Oliver

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Thanks, that's what I thought. Still on the charger and up to about 11.7 volts, it should be ok.

Jim

BarracudaHockey

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You got away one, they may have fixed it on the 9503 but a lot of guys bricked 9303's by doing that. When turning the radio off by the switch it saved and closed the current model in the NVRam, without the switch being shut off, if the battery died it would often corrupt the firmware and the radio would have to go in for service to reflash the board.

Jim Oliver

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Thanks for the warning! I haven't tried the Tx yet for any type of control action so I will be VERY careful

Jim

BarracudaHockey

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Oh, you will know, if it powers up into the model you're fine. If its corrupt it will give an error on power up, I forget the exact wording but its pretty obvious.

Jim Oliver

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On Power up, the TX came back to the model I have been flying. Prelim function tests indicate that it should be GTG, but I will give it a thorough check out before the first flight.

Thanks for the help

Jim