Re: Re:MFJ-259Z

I have had the batteries on charge in the MFJ-259Z for over a day now. The
jumper inside the unit is on for charging. The batteries were at 12.6V when
put on charge and are still 12.6V. The PSU is working fine. Because I can
run the unit off the PSU that came with it.

Any ideas on what can be wrong with it now?

Thanks


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Barrett <barrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I don't think that my MFJ-259Z is charging properly. Its new and it has
been
on charge for over 6 hours and all the batteries are still reading 0
Volts.
I'm using the PSU that came with it. It works fine from the PSU but
doesn't
seem to be charging. The switch inside for charging is turned on.. Can
some

I'm not familiar with that analyzer but the websites indicate it uses AA
cells--presumably rechargable ones have been supplied with your 259Z. One
thing to check is that the cells are correctly inserted (sorry but it
happens often!) and that they're not protected by little plastic covers on
the positive terminals. Rechargable batteries that come with new
equipment often have tiny bits of plastic that have to be removed by the
end user. This isn't always mentioned in manuals.

If it's brand new and has never worked with the batteries alone, you might
have a manufacturing defect--they're not unknown in MFJ gear, not that I'm
knocking MFJ. You'd want to take a quick look at the charge/no-charge
switch, the bypass (if there is one) on the connector for the PSU on the
radio, etc.--simple things easily visible. You might also try charging
the AA cells in a standard charger, and seeing if the 259Z then works
properly with the batteries--if that doesn't work, it might be the cells
you have and not the analyzer itself.

HTH! 73 de AC4RD

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