Thread: RCBS Chargemaster 1500 problem??

Originally Posted by Bushrash

few issues poping up been thinking bout getting a chargemaster in

YEP after a year of research and holding off getting one, and finally........

Originally Posted by Baz

Mine wont even do 1 full dispense, Should only be freight one way there and if its broke, replaced and sent back free...??? worth the freight for what is supposed to be a top quality product IMO



Power fitting has same polarity as original power supply pug, shows center pin as positive, would doubt it would even run reversed? let alone not blow up... No final tick....tick....tick a couple of seconds apart and with no movement.



Exactly what mine does. Does the TRICKLE button work at all on its own? A bunch of defective ones around?

Where was yours from?

Yeah mine wouldnt even work when I first got it.

So i googled it and adjusted all the values, I think I made the last trickle value like .3 grains, it quite often over charges so I have to watch it very closely.

For instance if you put in 41.0, it will do the charge, beep, display 41.0, then show what number its up to (say 002) and then will revert to the actual weight, and it will be 41.4.

Does that about every 3rd or 4th throw, but if I put it to trickle at .5 it wont even trickle.

Its quite a plasticy heap of shit really, quite annoyed but I'm not sending it back to the states, at least mine works sometimes though!

Also just snapped my lee turret press after about 80 loads. Not having very good luck with reloading crap.

Chris

Originally Posted by Baz

YEP after a year of research and holding off getting one, and finally........

Yeah not bloody cool hope ya get it sorted

All I can say is,fuck I am glad I bought a hornady from nz!

Originally Posted by andyanimal31

All I can say is,fuck I am glad I bought a hornady from nz!

I had a mate borrow one to try and it fell apart on him??? will get it sorted, in the process of sending it back. Might just buy another one local and sell the other one when it gets back from warranty

Just looking at mine and doesn't look to be much to fall apart.havnt had a.y trouble with the three around this area yet
But will keep an eye on things

Originally Posted by andyanimal31

Just looking at mine and doesn't look to be much to fall apart.havnt had a.y trouble with the three around this area yet
But will keep an eye on things

Sweet as mate. Where did ya get the hornady from? Price?

you can order from any hunting store as they are imported by steves wholesale.
i got mine for about $590

Originally Posted by Baz

Sweet as mate. Where did ya get the hornady from? Price?

Originally Posted by crnkin

Mine does exactly the same thing. Got it from natchezz a few months ago. It does it after about 7 dispenses. I just thought they were junk and live with it. I turn it off at the wall then back on and it does another 7 or so.

In saying that I did 50 odd rounds the other night and it only did it twice.

Fuct if im sending it back. Will cost another $150 in freight both ways. Interesting that they dont all do it?

Chris

Who was this freight price with? just been quoted $295 NZD with Mainfreight excludes GST. US custom charges.............

last couple of things I have sent back was through NZ post and DHL, Much smaller but $15 & $35 but was only a box the size of the scales part.

Originally Posted by Baz

Who was this freight price with? just been quoted $295 NZD with Mainfreight excludes GST. US custom charges.............

Id use NZ post. Mainfreight is ridiculous these days.

$150 was a guess, but wouldn't be too far off that return I think?

Chris

Rate Finder | New Zealand Post

I just typed in 5kg, 36x32x48cm and it spat out $83.

Thats the exact size of the box that my chargemaster was shipped in, dunno about weight but have a go on it

Chris

This is certainly not a new issue with the RCBS line of auto-tricklers. I bought the RCBS auto trickler and scales when they first hit Sportways GunShed over 10 years ago. I noticed that I had this same problem with the slow trickler spout sometimes. It would faintly hum and tick, but there was no rotation on the slow spout so the charge never reached the desired setting. A full power reset and re-calibrate of trickler and scales would sometimes cure it. Weeks could pass and I'd flash the thing up and it would shit out 200 loads without an issue. Then weeks later, I'd go to use it again and have the problem. I wondered if it was moisture affecting the circuit, but on opening, found the circuit board is laquered and there were no signs of corrision or dry-joints etc. I just live with it.

Ray.

Originally Posted by Baz

Power supply is a 240v-9v selector 600mA

I take it that that is not the power sorce that came with it?

Mine runs fine on a similar sorce but slightly more mA but the std one that came with mine is 1000 mA that it came with just wrong voltage for here... maybee the amps are not quite enough with the lower speed and if thats the case you could damage the unit, Warantee could be out the window also if this is the case

Aparently the max draw is only around 250 ma which would be about right, Its not a very big motor in it.

I run the jaycar 9.0v 1.66A model. Just incase haha.

Chris