I just purchased an RCBS Chargemaster 1500 combo about 2 weeks ago and used it a grand total of 2 times. Anyway, on the 3rd use - I plugged it in, tried to calibrate it and the readings were all over the scale. It would never calibrate correctly and the pan was reading up to 11 grains off from my previous two times before. And even when it would go through the calibration process without an error - the weights would fluctuate and slowly climb within a min or so and keep climbing a tenth about every few sec.
The previous two times I used it - I loaded about 100 rounds each session and it worked flawlessly. I let it auto dump charges and my Std Devs were in the single digits for >90% of the rounds - so it was working well before.
It was maybe 3 days between the last session and the only thing I can think I did differently is I left it in the garage UNPLUGGED rather than take it in the house like the pervious two times. The garage temps were probably peaking around 90-95F - but given that it was not even plugged in (the power cord was unplugged from the wall) - I can't see how the heat could fry the electronics. I tried it on three different power outlets in teh garage and inside the house. I even let it sit at room temp inside and tried to recal in the a.m. but it was still out to lunch.
I was able to return it and exchange it for a new one - and the new one seems to work fine in the same outlets. But it worries me that the other one died so quickly. Anyone ever see this problem? Do you think the high garage temps had anything to do with it going Tango Uniform?
The previous two times I used it - I loaded about 100 rounds each session and it worked flawlessly. I let it auto dump charges and my Std Devs were in the single digits for >90% of the rounds - so it was working well before.
It was maybe 3 days between the last session and the only thing I can think I did differently is I left it in the garage UNPLUGGED rather than take it in the house like the pervious two times. The garage temps were probably peaking around 90-95F - but given that it was not even plugged in (the power cord was unplugged from the wall) - I can't see how the heat could fry the electronics. I tried it on three different power outlets in teh garage and inside the house. I even let it sit at room temp inside and tried to recal in the a.m. but it was still out to lunch.
I was able to return it and exchange it for a new one - and the new one seems to work fine in the same outlets. But it worries me that the other one died so quickly. Anyone ever see this problem? Do you think the high garage temps had anything to do with it going Tango Uniform?