NiMH 6 / 7 year old Excalibur11 Battery

[aussiedigger]

Hi

All fellow Excal users I have a quick question I think I already know the answer too...

After 4 months of none use of my (Golden Retriever Excal 11) and after a couple of trips back and forth from Australia to Maryland USA ( damaged postal goods) getting some really cool headphone waterproof jacks fitted and swap out waterproof coils/Jacks along with a remote Pinpoint switch fitted.

I seem to have a problem after putting everything back together I turned my machine on to hear a click and that was it nothing except the audio click.

I tried and connected both my 8 and 10 inch coils for the same result, I at last discovered though that when either coil was disconnected I finally had a very eratic tone but try as I may and being a very experienced excel user I could not for the life of me get anything close to a soft threshold..

I then heard through my headphones that familiar wha wha low battery sound even though it had been charged 24 hours so I'm thinking or more like praying the battery after many years of faithful service has finally died. as I don't want to spend another $200.00 on return post to have it looked at again.

My thoughts are it's just not getting enough power to coil and back but there is just enough when I unjack either coil.

Any thoughts or ideas from you Excal folks would be greatly appreciated.


aussie

 

[Gold Nuggets]

Just as another check, aussiedigger, see if you can get your hands on a multimeter so that you can check your battery chargers output voltages. I had a simular problem with one of my older batteries and the original charger was the problem. It that doesn't work for you, then it sounds to me like your suspicions might be correct. Good Luck.......

 

[aussiedigger]

Just as another check, aussiedigger, see if you can get your hands on a multimeter so that you can check your battery chargers output voltages. I had a simular problem with one of my older batteries and the original charger was the problem. It that doesn't work for you, then it sounds to me like your suspicions might be correct. Good Luck.......

Thanks GN

How many NiMH Excalibur11 Battery volts should I be getting?


aussie

 

[bootyhoundpa]

I think a full charge will read somewhere about 14 vdc if memory serves me correct, if not im sure someone will chime in..gotta read at least 12vdc.

 

[John(Tx)]

n/t

 

[Gold Nuggets]

Thanks GN

How many NiMH Excalibur11 Battery volts should I be getting?
aussie

You should see about 13.8 volts to 14 volts as I remember

 

[OldBeechnut]

Looks like it was the Battery, replaced and we have a Happy Aussie....AussieDigger is the one who encouraged me to go forwards with the coil change endcap, so he has the very first. I liked the connectors that I used on his so much I just had to have the same.....so the rest is history.

 

[aussiedigger]

Looks like it was the Battery, replaced and we have a Happy Aussie....AussieDigger is the one who encouraged me to go forwards with the coil change endcap, so he has the very first. I liked the connectors that I used on his so much I just had to have the same.....so the rest is history.

Your the Man mate.


You're the man


This what I found with my first outing with Joe's set up up in very sanded in conditions finally finding a small touch of erosion no bigger than my lounge room.



aussie

 

[GeorgeinSC]

Beautiful Find. Congratulations.

 

[dewcon4414]

Multi meter is always something you need around. After that ..... try those freebayyy upgrades first since you dont need the tube.

Dew

 

[aussiedigger]

Multi meter is always something you need around. After that ..... try those freebayyy upgrades first since you dont need the tube.

Dew

thanks
dc

I have the meter now and a back up battery and charger in the pipeline as well.



aussie