Re: Problem with Battery Recharging in Lynx-R

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Jack" <jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "tourman" <robercampbell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > On Sep 23, 7:23 pm, "Jack" <j...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> "Crash Gordon" <webmas...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>
> >> news:46f6f475$0$502$815e3792@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> did you do a code+off,
> >> code+off?
> >>
> >> Crash I did Code + 5 waited 10 seconds then Code + Off. That's what the
> >> manual says.
> >
> > RHC: It's a long shot, and I don't know the idiocycracies of this
> > model, but did you check the battery connections. Use a pencil eraser
> > to clean each of the contacts to see if high resistance is causing the
> > problem. I've seen it with conventional alarms.....
> >
>
> tourman, this begs the question how does the battery pack get charged?
There
> is no wire that has to be connected. I just slide the old battery drawer
out
> and slide the new drawer in its place. I then put the screw into the hole
at
> the bottom of the drawer and screw it back in. I can't see where the
battery
> draws its current. Does anyone know how the battery get's its current from
> the panel?
>
> I also tried Crash's suggestion of Code + Off , Code + Off without any
> change to the status quo.

That one sounds like the version with the 2 large metal prongs that
sometimes didn't make the proper connections, you'll have to open it up and
see if they seat properly