Did you try disconnecting the battery all together and only powering the
unit via the "charger".
Mark Andy wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I was wondering if anyone had any insight as to what might be wrong
> with our timer...
>
> At our last event, the timer first started seeing finish trips well after
> the car went through the lights. I.e., car goes through the finish
> lights, one or two seconds passes, then the timer beeps and displays a
> finish time. We ran a new wire out to the finish light, but when we went
> to plug it in, the timer died completely, no power, nothing. The charger
> / power supply had the "fast charge" led lit, and it was plugged into 110
> ac the entire time.
>
> I opened the case, no loose connectors and the internal fuse visually
> appeared fine (as did the fuse on the back). I didn't have a meter,
> so I couldn't check that the battery had power, whether or not the
> fuses were _really_ ok, etc.
>
> Any ideas? I was wondering if the battery gave up the ghost entirely
> and that, even though it was plugged into 110 ac, the battery must be
> working at least a little for the timer to operate?
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