IR3 Battery fault ???????

[mbrems]

My IR3 just stoped working one day, What happends when i turn it on is: I runs tru it software, backlight is on, Mem 3B show in the display and right after this it goes black, onely the battery and hopper icons shows but no backlight and the icons are empty. If i charge it it will work find, but when i turn it off and keep it turned off for a couple of days it will start acting up again???

Battery dead???

Annyone???

[MoogLe]

yep, bad battery, you need a new one

[Bolle]

Is this always the case? Because i've just bought a ir3 that does the same thing only i havent charged it yet and the former owner had not used the gun for a long time. Is the battery bad or is it just uncharged?

[mbrems]

Im not sure , but when i charge it and when it say full just unplug the charger and plug it in again it will start charging again. I tried doing this 4 time now and the battery indicator say full battery. Now it works fine, but im not sure for how loong. I will post here again if it goes black again.

[Bolle]

Ok do that I'll get a wall adapter and charge mine to. will post results then.

[MoogLe]

Is this always the case? Because i've just bought a ir3 that does the same thing only i havent charged it yet and the former owner had not used the gun for a long time. Is the battery bad or is it just uncharged?
well you said you didnt charge yours so cant know yet, but as for his problem,

it happened to me too untill i got a diff battery and now it works fine so i know for a fact that it's the battery

[warpedx]

Same thing happened to me, just haven't gotten around to replacing it yet. I went on deployment, came back, and the battery acted dead. Gave it a charge, and it was good to go. I can still play with it, the battery just drops all charge after a week or so. Comes from letting the battery sit, and not cycling it. NiMH do not have the memory effect of NiCAD, but they still like to be fully cycled once in a while.
You can still use it, just charge before you play, if you don't feel like paying for a new battery.

[MoogLe]

Same thing happened to me, just haven't gotten around to replacing it yet. I went on deployment, came back, and the battery acted dead. Gave it a charge, and it was good to go. I can still play with it, the battery just drops all charge after a week or so. Comes from letting the battery sit, and not cycling it. NiMH do not have the memory effect of NiCAD, but they still like to be fully cycled once in a while.
You can still use it, just charge before you play, if you don't feel like paying for a new battery.
yep, warped hit the nail on the head

[Bolle]

Carging it right now. I'll test it out for a week if the battery goes flat really fast i'll contact the previous owner as he stated that everything was ok. Everyting else seems to be in good condition.