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    #1

    Problem with The Timer

    It is having trouble recognizing a fully charged battery. It will show fully charged and then it shows low battery. Used 2 different batteries that were both checked with a meter.

    Has anyone experienced this before?
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    #2
    It has a rest mode where it shows low but its not.. You have to push any button to wake it up to check it and it rolls back to full battery.

    Is this what you are experiencing? We run 4 that do this .

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      #3
      I believe they have 2 battery indicators. One for the internal battery and the 12V you hook the timer to. Make sure your internal battery is good.

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        #4
        They are no good. Send them to me and I will dispose of properly!

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          #5
          Internal are new. It won't throw when it doesn't recognize a charge on the 12v battery.

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            #6
            Originally posted by stryker93 View Post
            Internal are new. It won't throw when it doesn't recognize a charge on the 12v battery.
            That would have been some good information to have in the initial post.

            Sounds like a bad connection from the battery to the Timer either in the plug at at the battery post.

            There is a 5 year warranty on them if you can't figure it out...

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              #7
              Most of mine show one bar on the 12v indicator until I push test. Once I push test it shows full battery. No idea why it does this but it is not a problem. Push test and see what happens.

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                #8
                Plug another Timer in to the same system and see if it works. If you have the same problem it isn't a bad Timer. I have never had one go bad. Usually it is a bad battery or bad connection.

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                  #9
                  They usually drop down to 1 bar when they're under load and then go back.

                  If anyone wants to try and diagnose why one will show 6V instead of 12V I'm all ears. Thrown batteries, motors, even a new timer at it and nothing seem to cure that one.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by gumbl3 View Post
                    They usually drop down to 1 bar when they're under load and then go back.

                    If anyone wants to try and diagnose why one will show 6V instead of 12V I'm all ears. Thrown batteries, motors, even a new timer at it and nothing seem to cure that one.

                    If you threw a new Timer at it and it still red 6V instead of 12 that's **** strange..

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by gumbl3 View Post
                      They usually drop down to 1 bar when they're under load and then go back.

                      If anyone wants to try and diagnose why one will show 6V instead of 12V I'm all ears. Thrown batteries, motors, even a new timer at it and nothing seem to cure that one.
                      Some of mine do the same thing. I have no idea why they show 6V on the timer when they are hooked to a fully charged 12V battery. I have 13 feeders with The Timer in them and the ones that say 6V even though they are hooked to a 12V battery throw just as far as the ones that say 12V.

                      As far as the original question, it could be a bad motor as I've been dealing with a lot of bad motors lately and I'm sure it has to do with all the rain and humidity from this year and some of them got flooded and that's why those ones are bad.

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by speck1 View Post
                        Most of mine show one bar on the 12v indicator until I push test. Once I push test it shows full battery. No idea why it does this but it is not a problem. Push test and see what happens.

                        X2 same thing here.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by speck1 View Post
                          Most of mine show one bar on the 12v indicator until I push test. Once I push test it shows full battery. No idea why it does this but it is not a problem. Push test and see what happens.

                          All mine do this. I'm assuming it's some kind of rest mode...

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                            #14
                            ok here is what happened to me this weekend filling feeders. I filled my buddies feeder for him this weekend and he uses The Timer. He has his 12v battery connected to solar charger. I noticed the display said 6v and the battery icon both showed fully charged. Found it to be odd for it showing 6v so I filled feeder and hit test. nothing happened except a humming noise. pulled 12v battery and put a volt meter to it. It showed 12.5 volts fully charged. I took another battery that I metered at 12.4 volts and reinstalled now the timer showed 12v and hit test and got blasted with corn! It has to deal with the amps in battery I guess? I took the same battery and tried on my feeder with a HCR timer and same thing showed fully charged but wouldn't throw. Really don't know how to test amps in the field

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