Help! My speed is charging.. my car?!

[sushi1111]

I'm the proud owner of a new black-pewter fade speed and its seems I'm already having a problem.. the thing wont charge. See, I plug the charger into the gun and it would charge the gun for a little while (it lights up from green-yellow-orange-red) but after about 10 minutes it would stop scrolling the led's and blink a single red l.e.d.(indicating a full charge). So I took it off the charger and the gauge indicated 50% charge... so I went ahead and let it charge again on my trip to orlando (1 1/2 hours) all the while blinking the single red l.e.d. (hoping that maybe it was charging). When I got out of class (some 4 hours later) i return to my car and try to charge it again on my trip home. This time something strange happens.. when I plug it into my car, it keeps scrolling green to red to green, lights up all four of the option led's (like a boot-up sequence) and turns off, and does it again and again, etc etc. So on a whim I check the battery level and BAM. the gun is completely drained now! it will only boot-up by itself but when its done scrolling led's it just dies.

Now, I get home and try the charger on my other car just to make sure its not my outlet but no luck; it does the scrolling/boot-up loop thing over and over. I went ahead and took the charger out and to my surprise the red led on the charger lights up by itself now when plugged into the gun! Without the car! So has my gun been charging my car this whole time? Keep in mind this thing is brand-new... i havent even touched the internals yet! what should I do? who should I talk to? Any advice as to what it could be? Something I can fix myself? Much thanks in advance to those that have read this far! ;)

[aerotcus]

When charging the switch on the speed must be in the "On" Position. This should fix the problem. If it is the "Off" position it could be charging your car. If it is in the "On" Position the lights will stay scrolling for the duration of the charge until it is done (about 4 hours) then you will get the red flashing.

Oh, and I recommend RTFM. :fairy:

[akruse21]

its obviously in the "on" posistion otherwise he wouldnt be getting any lights DING DING look what i've won

[sushi1111]

Yes, i've RTFM. Anyone that could actually HELP me with the problem? The switch is in the on position when its charging.

[aerotcus]

actually akruse21, you're wrong
If you paid attention when you plug your speed into the charger and into your switch is in the off position the lights will cascade once or a couple times before going to red. So DING DING you've won NOTHING.

sorry sushi111 you didnt specify that the switch was in the on position. I figured that would help you... sorry most people dont read the manual. I would PM Ken Crane he's the man.

[RangerX]

wow, flame wars on angel-owners? I thought they only existed in the Multiplayer gaming forums... zoinks.

-RangerX

[akruse21]

didnt flame anyone, just thought someone was being a little arrogant when someone had a legitimate question

[aerotcus]

DING DING look what i've won

You are absolutely right. I was the arrogant one.

I posted legitimate help then put the RTFM at the bottom as sarcasm. Sorry you couldnt handle it.

[HeavyMetalPaint]

make sure the battery wire connected to the board isn't pinched or damaged.

[RangerX]

:blasting: :pisss: :owned: :clap: :samurai:

http://www.scrubcaps4u.com/images/orange%20flames-2.jpg

Flame on!

[aerotcus]

Ok, sorry but I didnt think I was flaming anyone. The people who just post "RTFM" and thats it are flaming. I actually made good suggestions. I wont next time.

[akruse21]

dont worry, i'm not going to go kill myself, its only an internet forum. :cheers:

[MoogLe]

watch yourselves guys

[Hep]

Sushi your gun isnt charging your car its just some kind of backfeed into your charger lighting up the led on your charger. Strange yes. But still get a hold of a sponsor on here or the place of purchase (which if its a fade Speed then thats obvious) and see what they say.
Hep

[Luzrd]

are you able to borrow someone elses charger to test? since youve already tried another car to charge it, maybe another charger should be tried before deciding its the marker.

[kasper7718]

i have the same problem with my spped. its brand new never used black to pueter fade. i cant find anyone who knows how to fix this problem. i got a tourney in a couple days and im getting really mad about this.

--edited for language, use a dictionary please.---

[johnada422]

I too am having the same exact peoblem just as he described and I just got my black dusted Speed on Friday the 13th of Feb. It is ticking me off and I really don't know who to get a hold of.

[Emmit]

so it's not taking a charge?

what exactly is happening...saying "I have the same problem" doesn't really help, BMS.

[johnada422]

It is just like he described I got the gun and whem I turned it on the battery was at the first notch on the green so out to the car I went to charge it up. I plugged in the charger and turned the Anel Speed on and then inserted the charger into the Speed. The board cascaded going from green to red over and over again. Well I drove out to the local paintball shop which is about a 30 min drive to get some paint, well by the time I got there I looked over and saw that a single red LED was blinking so I was very confused b/c that would have meant that it was fully charged. So I took the charger of fthe Angel turned the Speed off and then switched it back on to see where ithe battery was reading at. Well it was only about half way if that. So I figured maybe since y car and battery are a little old maybe it just isn't getting the charge it needs so I waited unti l Igot home to plug it into my girlfriend's brand new car well this time it cascaded in a different way. The lights went from green to red and then back down again and then flashed all the lights at once for a few seconds and the repeated that sequence. Well I left the gun like that figuring it was charging now. Well a little over 4 hours went by and I went back out to the Speed to see if it was fully charged well it was still going through the same sequence. Well I fifgured it had been long enough so I tok the Speed off the charger to see where it is at now. Well now I turn the gun on and it cascades and the battery light flashes for a second and then the Speed just shuts off. And just like he was saying that when I plug the charger just into the Speed itself the charger red light glows. So I am getting very frustrated with the Speed and have already emailed the WDP technician on the WDP.tv website and have also emailed the company in which I bout the marker hoping for and exchange.

[kasper7718]

so it's not taking a charge?

what exactly is happening...saying "I have the same problem" doesn't really help, BMS.

day two now. i tried charging my speed on a different car and a different charger still no luck. my team members are all using 03 shockers and now makling fun of me for getting a speed. makes me want to return my angel and go with the shocker. unfortunatly i have got no reply to my emails to wdp and the place i bought it from. u think they know about this?

[Emmit]

I'm not sure who you bought it from, it is the weekend, but I'm gonna tell you to call www.performanceangel.com and talk to Ken.

[kasper7718]

i am have the same problem with my new speed. i talked the angel tech where i got it from and he siad it is the battery. you will have to get a new one.

[kasper7718]

he siad there has been five or six he has seen with the same problem

[rainman6813]

i also have the same problem as johnada... has anyone with this problem tried replacing the battery? if so did you buy a new one or trade it in some where under the warranty?

[rainman6813]

also... sorry about the double post but.......... i checked the output voltage on the charger and it was 12 volts, so if the input and the out put have the same voltage what is it that the charger does? is it just to limit the mA to 600?