Vexilar question-HELP

[wetz22]

So i went to charge my vexilar today for the summer/fall storage season(FL12 ULTRA PACK) and when the battery charger showed green and the digital battery indicator read "100", i stopped the charge, obviously. When i turned the unit on, the indicator shot down from 100-80 in a matter of seconds, and falls quickly from there. I tried several batteries, same result. Is the unit drawing far too much power? or is the indicator broken..keeping in mind, it has been used maybe 10 times since i bought it new in march. Thanks fellas

[Eric_Kruger]

I gotta say Its the indicator but not positive. Did you email vexilar at all?

[wetz22]

yes, no response yet.... anybody else hear of this happening?

[CaptainMusky]

Does the needle go back up when you turn the unit off? What I would do is run the batteries down if you can. Then recharge. I bet your charger isn't fully charging. It needs a load on it to sense more charging is needed.

[wetz22]

i cant tell if the arrow is up when it is off, because the unit is off...haha. maybe i misunderstood your question. when i charged it yesterday, it was at 30 percent. that is quite a load

[bassmann77]

Have you put a volt meter on the battery? Check the battery and see if the reading is greater than 12.3V. If the battery is giving you that reading than the battery should be good. Check the battery again if possible with the Vex on and see if it is drawing too much amps.(the volt would read down to 10.2). If that is happening, than the Vex is obviously not working right and it is Vexilars time to help.

[CaptainMusky]

Have you put a volt meter on the battery? Check the battery and see if the reading is greater than 12.3V. If the battery is giving you that reading than the battery should be good. Check the battery again if possible with the Vex on and see if it is drawing too much amps.(the volt would read down to 10.2). If that is happening, than the Vex is obviously not working right and it is Vexilars time to help.

I wasnt sure how the Vex battery indicator worked. If it works only when the Vex is on, then I understand your confusion. LOL

If you have a voltmeter, do as suggested above, this is exactly what I was getting at, but I have a digital readout on mine that reads all the time.