Phantom 3 standard controller wont turn on?

[swheele]

Hi, My phantom 3 standard has been sitting for about 3 months not being charged due to family health problems and finally got ready to fly a couple days ago and my controller wont turn on and wont accept a charge?? With no charger hooked up i have nothing, hook the charger up and light on controller goes streight to green, left it for 24hrs and nothing. Hook the charger up and turn on controller i get a flashing red light, one green flasing light and a rapid beeping? Flip the s2 switch and get a solid red and one flashing green light? Has my battery gone bad? If so where can i get one?
Oh and while plugged in i can get wifi signal and the battery monitor says battery level
1%. Sorry for the long post! Thanks for any help.

 

[53-63-6f-74-74]

I believe the battery is a 18650 cell. I'm not sure of the exact specs other than that. They are best ordered online through eBay and are quite inexpensive. They are hard-wired into the transmitter, though, so you'll need a little skill to replace it. I'd start with that. If changing the battery does not solve your problem you'll probably need a new transmitter.

 

[swheele]

Ok thanks, I think i have seen some with the soldering tabs pre installed somewhere so ill keep looking.

 

[nwcove]

these may be dumb questions........but was the controller turned on the first time you tried to charge it ? and is the left stick locked in the down position ?

 

[swheele]

No the charger was off, just noticed when i plugged it in that it had solid green light and i knew it was completely dead. Thats when i started messing with the buttons and sticks trying to get it to do something. And the left stick was in the center position.

 

[stuka75]

I believe the battery is a 18650 cell. I'm not sure of the exact specs other than that. They are best ordered online through eBay and are quite inexpensive. They are hard-wired into the transmitter, though, so you'll need a little skill to replace it. I'd start with that. If changing the battery does not solve your problem you'll probably need a new transmitter.

Actually not hardwired, but has a plug/jack into the pc board. You would need to clip off the battery wire with and solder to the new battery leads.

 

[solentlife]

The specs of the battery are oriented on the label on back of controller !

It is a single 18650 LiPo cell of 3.7v and 2650mAh .......

Nigel

 

[swheele]

Finally got one ordered, should be here in a few days and be a direct plug in. Same specs just a higher
mAH. Ill let yall know how it goes.

 

[swheele]

This is what i got and its from maxxpacks.com. E mailed a guy there and he said they have sold thousands of them for phantom users.
Panasonic (JAPAN) 3.7V 3400mAh 18650 pcb cell with a Phantom connector.

Price is $20.00 + $4.00 shipping.

 

[swheele]

Well guys the new battery didnt fix it. So unless im missing something looks like i need a new controller. Anybody have a good used one??

 

[macoman]

Well guys the new battery didnt fix it. So unless im missing something looks like i need a new controller. Anybody have a good used one??

eBay is your best friend

 

[swheele]

Found a few already[emoji16]