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IMan
08-29-2003, 04:52 PM
Since buying my new/used 2k LCD in March/03 I have had nothing but playing perfection out of my Angel.

Fast (enough for me, I'm a pump player mostly), balanced, comfortable, light (IMHO), accurate (w/ my freak), consistant (with my Air & Halo) and reliable (virtually maintenance free).

Anwyays, last night I decided to dis-assemble my LCD for it's singular, yearly maintenance.
Tool Kit in hand, and following the manual; I dis-assembled, cleaned, oiled, and re-assembled the marker without a hitch.

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Ok, one hitch (to make a long story short), she won't power up when I switch it to ON.
When I was putting the grip frame back on, I did pinch the battery connections (wires) just a little before I realized they were caught between the frame and the body. However, it was only slightly crimped, and it looks as if it was just the wire shrouds (red & black).

I disconnected and dis-assembled it all again, and put her back together extra careful the 2nd time around. Nothing was out of order, everything was/is as it should be...still, no power from the NiMH battery.
The connections are all snugly in their respective sockets and whatnot.
Could that little wire goof be the problem? Damage looks to be almost unnoticeble, are they really that frail?

Thing is, I plugged the LCD in to the charger/wall adapter and I got power to the board (Tab In & backlight) but it seems as if no power is coming from the NiMH battery alone.
Also, the charging cycle didn't activate which leads me to believe that if the wires were damaged, the power flow from the charger can't cycle to the battery just like the battery power can't cycle to the board. Make sense to anybody but me? I need a second opinion here.

Either I've screwed up the battery connections...OR, my On/Off switch is messed. It sprung apart during "cleaning" and although I found the two parts that went flying unto the carpet and put it back together as I thought it should...but admittedly, that too could be the problem.

Any diagrams for a non-recessed On/Off switch conversion? It's the only other source I can think of for this problem I have.

Both perhaps?

Suggestions? There aren't any Angel techs. I know of in my area, and I'd rather not send out to the US for a fix (Angel Guy), I'm in Canada and it's a real pain in the wazoo.

Any help would be very, VERY much appreciated.....eh! :tongue:

Emmit
08-29-2003, 05:24 PM
Thing is, I plugged the LCD in to the charger/wall adapter and I got power to the board (Tab In & backlight) but it seems as if no power is coming from the NiMH battery alone.

BinG!!! There's your problem right there.

You must have the marker in the on position for it to receive a charger. Flip the marker on, and then plug the charger in. After a few seconds it will start charging as indicated by the cascading battery. Dependant upon how dead your battery is now, you may have to plug and unplug it a few times until you at least get enough juice in the battery to light up the display.

xXhAppyAznXx
08-29-2003, 10:47 PM
Originally posted by Emmit
BinG!!! There's your problem right there.

You must have the marker in the on position for it to receive a charger. Flip the marker on, and then plug the charger in. After a few seconds it will start charging as indicated by the cascading battery. Dependant upon how dead your battery is now, you may have to plug and unplug it a few times until you at least get enough juice in the battery to light up the display. so when you charge up a battery in a car, you wanna turn the gun on, but you dont have to turn the car on?

Emmit
08-29-2003, 10:57 PM
the Angel must always be in the on position for it to charge....if it's not you don't have a full circuit to the battery....if the car can put out the voltage then no you don't have to have it running

xXhAppyAznXx
08-30-2003, 12:10 AM
that was kinda confusing... but lol ill ask my own question

nimh's have to be discharged before they can be recharged. does that also include angel batteries?

thanks for info

Emmit
08-30-2003, 12:12 AM
NiMH do not have to be fully dishcarged before chargind, NiCads do.

Any Angel after the 2k1 has the Metal Hydride battery in it, which does not have battery memory.

as for the charging thing, what was confusing, I'll be glad to clear it up if I can

xXhAppyAznXx
08-30-2003, 12:43 AM
thanks!

TEC_olsen
09-19-2003, 12:47 PM
just got my angel lcd, had sort of the same problem.Its no power left on the battery (I think) so I cant turn it on before I start charging. What can I do???

I hope this is the problem, but I tried to put in the charger first. It shows the test display then it shows: -p in- then it goes blank, anyone know whats the problem???

By the way, Im not using a original charger, but Im using the charger I got from the previous owner, and Im using it the way he told me to, so it should not be a problem, or is it???

please help me!!!!

Emmit
09-19-2003, 12:48 PM
flip the swtich into the on position. This completes the circuit between the board and the battery....then plug in your charger and give it a few minutes, it's not instantaneous, but it will start charging in a few seconds.

if you're getting a PIN message it means you need the Personal ID Number that's been programmed into the board, if it's saying PWR ON it means you need to turn it on.

DarkProphet
05-19-2006, 01:34 PM
ok what if it is in the on position and U plug the charger in and still get the "tab in" on the screen

vc23033
05-22-2006, 12:23 PM
loose board try to move it slightly