Hi Tim, PM sent.
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Sorry I cannot help myself !
I would suggest doing the charging in a Lithium Charging bag (google it) or do it outside.
I didn’t receive anything Neil.
Hmmm, shows in my sent emails. Will try again.
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Ok, so I connected my new 6 Volt Nicad 350 Mah Replacement P5-605 battery pack to my new IMAXB6AC charger. Set the Imax to NiCad 6 Volt and when I try to charge up the battery pack I keep getting a CONNECTION BREAK error message. What does that mean and how do i fix it?
What it means is that the charger doesn’t see a complete circuit - there’s a break somewhere. (My pals charger kept doing that on his batteries. My charger worked fine to charge the same ones.)
All I can suggest is check that your Nicad battery pack is showing 6V or so on your meter. After that, make sure your charger will charge something, like another battery pack.
The battery pack is brand new. I am trying to charge it up for the first time. I think I am checking the battery pack correctly with my multimeter. It is showing -0.02 which i assume means the battery is totally discharged.
The battery pack I am trying to charge is this one. I set the Imax B6AC to NiCad 6V.
Try recycling, by toggling the power switch. Has worked for me.
The power switch? On the charger? There is no power switch.
I think this is your problem. A discharged NiCd battery is about 1.0V, and the pack should register 6V ish on the meter when discharged. 0V is an open circuit, or, as the IMax thinks, a broken connection somewhere.
If it’s new, I’d contact the vendor.
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N
The outlet it’s plugged into
Could the battery be fully charged already? “Connection break” indicates the charger has lost electrical connection to the cells in the pack. Could be that the BMS is shutting it down because it’s already full. Other possibilities include bad connectors.
Your charger should have discharge mode. Try that and then try charging again.
I tried Discharge Mode and again it says CONNECTION BREAK.
Timmy,
I don’t know where you got that battery pack, but 2 things strike me. We haven’t used NiCad batteries for 20 years, and the Phoenix sound system with the lead-acid battery is even older than that.
NiCads die. If it really is 20 years old, it is probably Kaput.
P.S. Phoenix recommend a 6-9V NiMH battery for the Big Sound 97, which they say their board will charge (I was reading the manual recently!) Have you checked what your manual says?
I don’t have a manual for it. Dave Goodson installed the Soundtraxx sound card probably about 16 - 18 years ago. The battery he installed was a PowerSonic Model PS-605WL 6 Volt 0.5 Amp. HR which has died. I did a search on that battery and found a replacement for it at Batteryplex.com. The person I conversed with regarding the replacement battery is Randy at BatteryPlex.com He confirmed that the 6 Volt 350 Mah Replacement PS-605 is what he sells as the replacement for the PowerSonic. He said that the charger that I had been using for the now dead PowerSonic should still work with the new replacement. He said that others that have purchased the replacement battery pack all use their same chargers. I could not charge it with the original charger. I have been in communication with Dave recently and he also said that old charger should work. I had already ordered the Imax B6AC and when it came I tried charging the new battery pack with that as mentioned in this thread. But it seems no luck.
Timmy, Google is your friend.
Phoenix have manuals posted on their website for your convenience.
Sounds like it is dead. I’d send it back to Randy at Batteryplex - he probably had it on the shelf for 20 years. Even Phoenix says to use NiMH in their older manuals! We gave up on Nicads once NiMH arrived. A 7.2V NiMH pack should work.
P.S. You can still get the Powersonic battery. They now have the 6310, 621, etc. Any of their 6V batteries will do.
https://www.power-sonic.com/product/ps-621/
Batteryplex has refunded my money. Yeah!
I took a look at the power sonic link you included. I see the 621 but do not see a 6310. The 621 appears to be quite larger than the previous PowerSonic battery that died and the replacement I got from BatteryPlex. Not sure it would fit in the coal bunker of the Heisler along with everything else in there.
Typo. I meant the 610. And yes, you’ll have to check the sizes carefully - none of the current PS ones are the same shape.
But do check the Phoenix manual to see if it says you can use a 7-9V NiMH instead!