Tacktick repairs

   Hello,

We have a TacKtick base station with dead batteries I have extracted them but cant find any ML2430 in the UK. Do you have any or know where I can buy some UK sources because shipping LI bats costs a lot. $90-00 typically.
Christopher

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Tennis Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 31 Jul 17 Location: Camberley Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tennis Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Aug 17 at 10:24am
	Hello, We have a TacKtick base station with dead batteries I have extracted them but cant find any ML2430 in the UK. Do you have any or know where I can buy some UK sources because shipping LI bats costs a lot. $90-00 typically. Christopher
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ColH Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 11 Jan 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 242	Post Options Post Reply Quote ColH Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Aug 17 at 10:31am
	I bought http://www.allbatteries.co.uk/lithium-rech-industrial-battery-ml2430-hs1-3v-100mah-abl7602.html - though their site says currently out of stock. You could ask them lead-time though.

Tennis Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 31 Jul 17 Location: Camberley Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tennis Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Aug 17 at 2:01pm
	Hello Thank you , I had found them but delivery too lengthy for my purposes
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Gene Albacore Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 01 Sep 17 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Gene Albacore Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Sep 17 at 7:24pm
	Hello, I have an old Tacktick Compass that unfortunately was roughly handled and the Starboard display ended up being cracked. Are you still fixing them and if so, would you like to repair mine?

Sam.Spoons Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 12 Location: Manchester UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 3370	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sam.Spoons Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 20 Oct 18 at 2:26pm
	I have just bought a used TackTick Micro. It had 0 battery hours whenI picked it up but powered on under normal indoor lighting. I charged the battery (using a very bright LED light BTW which seemed to work just fine) overnight, it read 170 hours immediately after charging which fell to 140 overnight in it's case (presumably as it cooled down) but it has fallen to 120 since yesterday, again while in it's case. Does this sound normal or is there a problem. I will try it next week in the real world and hopefully it will perform fine but I am a little concerned in advance.
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PeterG Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 12 Jan 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 816	Post Options Post Reply Quote PeterG Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 20 Oct 18 at 2:38pm
	One of the symptoms of aged batteries is failure to hold charge. It sounds like yours is getting old. Difficult to tell if it still has practical life in it for your usage. Should be fine if you stick to sailing on sunny days! But you may find you need to help it with your LED light if its cloudy.
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423zero Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 08 Jan 15 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3383	Post Options Post Reply Quote 423zero Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 20 Oct 18 at 2:54pm
	charge it up with led overnight, check hours, then leave it out in the garden all day, see if it stays charged in daylight, sunny or dull.

Sam.Spoons Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 12 Location: Manchester UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 3370	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sam.Spoons Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 20 Oct 18 at 3:07pm
	Makes sense. Will play with it next week when I'm away at the coast. Slightly concerned that it is, apparently, losing charge when it is switched off (I would expect a little but 10% overnight (given that it should run for 200 hours in darkness form a full charge). I paid a very fair price for it and will be happy as long as it works in the real world (which it seems to do ok).
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rich96 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 20 Jan 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 596	Post Options Post Reply Quote rich96 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 20 Oct 18 at 3:45pm
	I had a similar problem Left it on window cill for a week or two in a sunny spot - its as good as new now

Sam.Spoons Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 12 Location: Manchester UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 3370	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sam.Spoons Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 20 Oct 18 at 3:52pm
	Ta, I suspect I'm just being paranoid
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