RCBS chargemaster issues

[shoot4fun]

I've had three but all were early units. They all worked great the whole time I had them and, contrary to what RCBS recommended, I never turned them off. One of them took a hit on the power supply. The RCBS guy told me they didn't have parts but sent me a link to the replacement part on Amazon. It was a $20 fix.
All are serving other shooters now and I use a V3 on a A&D.

 

[FNSafari]

I havent had a single issue since going to straight battery power

Dusty
By battery power do you mean a UPS? Tks

 

[rayporter]

early on i used a 12v deer feeder battery for the CM when away from home. then i got a much smaller 12v off of amazon. it runs the CM for about 4 days [ even if i leave it on all night one night]
it might be 20,000 ma. it is packed so i cant check it.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Dusty
By battery power do you mean a UPS? Tks

No im talkin battery power only. Here is a thread where steve oak gathered the necessary plug and play parts. Lots of folks got these after that and they are nice.

'Plug and Play' battery pack for the Chargemaster 1500

I was looking for portable power for my Chargemaster 1500. I saw some threads here, thanks, they were very helpful. Not everyone has soldering tools readily available so I looked for an off the shelf solution for so that you could buy commercially available parts, plug them in and it is good to...

forum.accurateshooter.com

 

[divingin]

early on i used a 12v deer feeder battery for the CM when away from home. then i got a much smaller 12v off of amazon. it runs the CM for about 4 days [ even if i leave it on all night one night]
it might be 20,000 ma. it is packed so i cant check it.

They have deer feeder batteries?

Motorcycle or Lawn and Garden battery would work. Don't know what they run now, but I used to use a L&G battery to start my boats outboard; $40 or so at Home Depot.

 

[archerforkids]

I always kept both my CM1500s running off this battery. Also great to take to range for load development.
As mentioned earlier, calibrating at the beginning of each weighing session will help a ton.