Thank you for the note.
So I turned it on and set a timer for three minutes. It whined and at around a minute and a half the display said "Bat stby" and stopped whining.
The batteries felt slightly warm.
This was done twice.
1. With Alkaline Batteries
2. With freshly charged 900mah NiMh batteries
Oh I failed to elaborate on the discharge circuit.
After burning quarter watt resistors a few times (held with pliers fortunately), I made a circuit to discharge the capacitor, with 8 in4007 diodes, 2k 5 w resistor, two Leds and a 98ohm resistor.
The circuit was found here.
http://www.jestineyong.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/discharge-tool.jpg
So I turned it on and set a timer for three minutes. It whined and at around a minute and a half the display said "Bat stby" and stopped whining.
The batteries felt slightly warm.
This was done twice.
1. With Alkaline Batteries
2. With freshly charged 900mah NiMh batteries
Oh I failed to elaborate on the discharge circuit.
After burning quarter watt resistors a few times (held with pliers fortunately), I made a circuit to discharge the capacitor, with 8 in4007 diodes, 2k 5 w resistor, two Leds and a 98ohm resistor.
The circuit was found here.
http://www.jestineyong.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/discharge-tool.jpg