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Maestro A Battery Issue

Jerry WA9UKB
Jerry WA9UKB Member ✭✭
edited June 2020 in Maestro
Maestro dies if unplugged from power supply? Never new about the battery issue until i seen some threads about needing charged, The issue here is I have always keep the Maestro constantly plugged in although I have had the unit since 2014 and always plugged to the supplied power supply, so my question is, do I now have a paper weight as it has been said that the battery is not replaceable in the Dell Tablet ? if I had known this in the beginning I would have not purchased the Maestro......

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  • WX7Y
    WX7Y Member ✭✭✭✭
    edited June 2020
  • W5AP
    W5AP Member
    edited November 2019
    Will the power supply recharge the battery in the battery compartment? Or do you have to take it out to recharge?
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] ✭✭
    edited November 2019
    They will not charge it
  • W5AP
    W5AP Member
    edited November 2019
    how about the Maestro B
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] ✭✭
    edited November 2019
    None of the maestro's charge the battery. Was supposed to but a last minute design change eliminated that.
  • Martin AA6E
    Martin AA6E Member ✭✭✭
    edited November 2019
    Seems he is referring to the built-in Maestro battery, not the optional battery pack. That is a small non-user-replaceable battery that must never be allowed to fully discharge. (Why? You might ask.) It will stay charged if you keep DC power on "often enough". Does the Maestro B have the same issue? Don't know. That's my understanding based on snippets I've read here. Has Flex fully described the problem somewhere? It would help!
  • Andrew VK5CV
    Andrew VK5CV Member ✭✭
    edited November 2019
  • k3Tim
    k3Tim Member ✭✭✭
    edited November 2019
    The table battery is indeed user replaceable, speaking from experience in having done so. Videos on the web show how to perform the task.  There are vendors on the web selling the battery.

    There is a H0W-T0 on the Flex site about recovering the Maestro A should the tablet battery discharge to the point the device recharge and boot. The interested stugent is encouraged to read it. The Maestro B does not display this 'feature'.

    The USB power packs are all over the place wrt performance, especially during charging.  Some (most?) can only charge and will turn off the USB ports supplying power. Other packs won't self start when the Maestro starts and instead a power-0n has to be pushed.  The only viable solution (assuming USB power packs only) is to require external charging of the pack.

    The above is my understanding as a user of a M-A from day one and reading this forum.

    Regards All,

    _..--
    Tim - k3Tim 
  • Steve K9ZW
    Steve K9ZW Member ✭✭✭
    edited November 2019

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