ChargeMaster Problem

[Ganderite]

Last night it suddenly developed a problem.

When I enter a "8" it enters a "9"

Similar problem with 3 generating 4.


Is the unit pooched? Or is it a programming thing that i can remedy?

 

[Tom Morrison]

It sounds to me that the keyboard might be bad, is it well worn? Other possibility would be that the internal flex connection for keyboard is loose

 

[RePete]

Try leaving it unplugged for a few hours/overnight and see if it resets.

 

[4n2t0]

If your comfortable with electronics you can try the following:

1) Unscrew the scale and clean the male and female sides of the electrical connector. Use isopropyl alcohol, rub the male pins with a qtip and saturate the female side. Allow the alcohol to fully evaporate and reassemble.

2) Reflow all solder joints. Check out hxxp://nictaylor00.blo@gspot.com/2015/07/rcbs-chargemaster-1500-keypad-defect.html (remove the @ symbol from blo@gspot and replace the xx with tt)

 

[Deathrawt]

Maybe there is a button sticking on the keyboard?
Not sure if they can be taken apart and cleaned. I’ve taken calculators and game controllers apart before and cleaned the pads and the circuit board with rubbing alcohol to fix sticking

 

[bigedp51]

I agree with the above post and that you may have a stuck keypad. See if you can find a stuck depressed keypad and get it to rebound.

 

[rick357]

Check out: forum.snipers_hide.com/threads/rcbs-chargemaster-issue.6879007/

take out the _

I cleaned the pins with Deoxit but some ispropyl alcohol should do ok too.

 

[Ganderite]

Thanks for all this.

I will take it apart and try to clean. Nothing to lose.

 

[444shooter]

Had the same exact issue and cleaning resolved it.

 

[todbartell]

Years ago this happened to my Chargemaster. RCBS sent me a new one for $40USD

 

[.284]

Rcbs had me smash mine with a hammer, send them photos and then they sent a new one.
True story

 

[Ganderite]

Send me your pictures....

 

[todbartell]

I had to send pics of my smashed scale too

 

[ZREXER]

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[legi0n]

Rcbs had me smash mine with a hammer, send them photos and then they sent a new one.
True story

that only happens during warranty
mine had the power adapter fail after 11 months and they sent me a new one in exchange for the pictures

 

[bigedp51]

Every time I start to consider an electronic scale, a thread like this appears. Guess I will stay with my 40 year old Pacific balance beam for awhile yet.

I have had my ChargeMaster for over five years and never had any problems with it. Weighing powder on a balance beam scale can be very time consuming and my ChargeMaster greatly speeds up the operation.

Any mechanical device can fail or have problems and just because your car has a blown head gasket doesn't mean you go back to a horse and buggy.

Bottom line, if you do a lot of reloading a ChargeMaster makes loading 200 rounds much faster and easier. And if my ChargeMaster dies I would just buy another and not cry about it.

And this brings up the question with all the shooting and reloading Ganderite does, how many times did hit the same keys. I'm guessing his keyboard had over 200,000 miles on it.

 

[209jones]

Look at the TV's, phones, and the electronics issues on them, we spend a heck of a lot more money on them, and all said and done, people here have likely bought a couple of TV's and phones in the time span they've owned a Chargemaster or another brand of scale. Had mine about 7 yrs now, 3 phones, two tv's. Not too bad in my estimation.

 

[todbartell]

I bought mine in 2004. I think it died in 2007, replacement has been going strong since

 

[Ganderite]

You guys are right. My ChargeMaster has a lot of miles on it.

But it is electronic. I don't understand such things.

I was asking in case it meant I had accidently hit a button and re-programmed the keypad, or something equally stupid.

I will try cleaning it before getting a new one.

 

[RojamB21]

I will try cleaning it before getting a new one.

Use it as chrono , you need one !