Interesting... I replied to you last year and this was sent from outlook
(out stink) today ... very strange indeed.
S
Mark Andy wrote:
> 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".
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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