Howdy,
Holy wayback machine!
The problem turned out to be the fuse on the back, which was blown but
didn't _look_ blown. Replaced it, and everything was fine.
Mark
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Scott Tengen wrote:
> Did you try disconnecting the battery all together and only powering the
> unit via the "charger".
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> 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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