Topic: RC Battery issue ???

[willndmb]

my RC battery for my fr2le has been used with no issues approx 6 months
today it will not charge
the smart charger blinks red, green, red, green and goes out
any ideas
thanks

[cmoorevt]

Assuming you have one of those universal smart chargers, check to see if the fuse is blown.  It should be in a little plastic housing about 1/2 way down the wiring that connects the battery to the charger.

[willndmb]

not the charger
because it charged my backup battery for me perfect

i wonder if one of the cells went bad or something

[willndmb]

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looks like the issue is def in the battery (as if i was not sure)
because today i plugged in the charger and noticed i didn't plug the battery in first the red/green/red/green blinks did there thing and went out
so for whatever reason the charger is not seeing that the battery is plugged in
i plugged the battery in and moved the cables around with no luck
guess its trashed

[fmaderjr]

Exact same thing happened to one of mine recently. Had to toss it.

Then my other battery showed a full charge too soon (green light on in minutes) and it conked out 10 minutes into a show. Fotunately I was also running a 2nd system. I seem to have gotten around that issue by leaving the battery connected to the charger over night even though the green light came on again very quickly. I made a test and it recorded 6 hours and still had juice left.

Neither of the above issues ever happened to me before.