New EMag owner, having battery probs...

[2xFast]

I just got my new (to me anyways) EMag a week or so ago, and I've been having a hell of a time with the battery...Like it doesn't seem to hold a charge...I plugged it in during a long car trip I took, imediatly after getting the gun, and the charger never seemed to indicate a full charge, (as in after 6+ hours on the road) and towards the end the battery was actually getting warm....which seemed very bad to me so I unplugged it...

When I got home I started messing with the gun, dry fired it a few times, and after what couldn't have been more than a few hundred trigger pulls the damn thing went dead...NOT COOL....Seems like a bad battery to me, or are there other problems I should be aware of, like bad chargers or warp feed guns sucking up juice?

Thanks

2xFast

[banzaimf]

Hav eyou got a ultimeter handy?

That would be the easiest way to check charge.

[athomas]

A battery pack can get warm while charging. As long as it is not hot it should be ok. Get a volt meter and check the voltage after it is fully charged. It should read 16.8 volts.

Check the battery pack for pinched wires.

[MaxxFactor]

I too am having problems with the battery. Instead of buying another ($40.00) can I wire 2 9 volt batteries together and adapt them? How would I go about doing it?

[2xFast]

Thanks for the tip...I'll check the voltage...and give the battery another chance...

As for the 2 nine volts thing, no I don't think that would work, I don't believe the nine volts have enough amps to make it work...voltage would be close, actually a little high but amps would be low...besides, you're talking about doing a potentialy very damaging mod to a $1000 marker in an effort to save $40....

2xFast

[Pand0ra]

You're right. Not enough current will be available for the solenoid to make it work properly. In the worst case send your battery back to AGD, if it looks like there's a problem with it.

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