minitor v already not working

[redneck_1086]

i loved my minitor v while it worked how ever lately when i've gone to charge it the light blinks but never turns solid and it turns on and off the charger and pager like it's not getting any power. and today my pager will not run off of it's own battery power, it has to be on the charger to run wich seldom works it's self. and it will not charge at all. if any one has had any other problems with their minitor v please let me know i might go back to minitor iv, also does any one know what's wrong i realy don't want to take it to the shop but at least it's still under warenty.

[wavetar]

It just sounds like the battery has become defective. Get it exchanged, that's what warranties are for.

Todd

[redneck_1086]

if i took the battery out and put it on the charger it should stay on and it's not and i tested the battery and it's puting out the amount it should and sometimes when i turn the pager on with the battery in it it makes a real quiet squeleing noise, do you still think it's the battery.

[nmfire10]

The pager will run in the charger without the battery???

Sounds like all the symptoms of a dead battery.

[redneck_1086]

i thought the same thing so i tested the battery and it is right at where it is supposed to be and just while ago i tried it again and the pager workes fine. i think it has something to do with the charger

[thebigphish]

sounds to me like i'd check the contacts on the charger, on the unit, and then the battery contacts and see if i'm getting good voltage thru them, and then a nice fiberglass pencil txment to see if there's any corrosion...and then see if the issues persist.

[redneck_1086]

contacts seamed to work just fine but when i would take the battery out of the pager and insert it in again it would not work i would have to put it all to gether in the pager slot for it to start working again

[KuhnElectronics]

Ok, say you if you put the battery in, dropped it in the charger, and now its working, if you take it out, does it still work? If so for how long??

If it doesnt work, or doesnt last for more than a few minutes then the battery is dead.

So like earlier mentioned, check and make sure the charger is making good contact. The contacts on the bottom of Min's get filled up with crap very easily. I have numerous times cleaned mine because the small holes fill with dirt.

Or the battery may just be bad, just because you may be reading the correct voltage doesnt mean it is the best battery. It could have some internal damage or be defective from the factory.

Save some time and drop some friend's batteries down in the pager and see what kinda result you get. Do some testing and isolate the problem.

[redneck_1086]

ya i havn't thought of that i'll take it to the shop and double check on another battery thanks for the help

[kf4sqb]

Just because the batteries check good outside of the charger doesn't mean they are good. Do you have any way to check them under load? You may well see a different story that way.

[redneck_1086]

thanks for all of your help it was the battery that has already went bad, i would have been happy spending $15 on a new batter if i hadn't had to wait for almost thee weeks to get another one

[firetech792]

Out of the (5) Minitor V's we have so far, I just sent one back to the depot. No speaker audio. they're only a few months old.

[redneck_1086]

my minitor v did the same thing yesterday with no audio but i did something and it snaped out of it thank god