Futaba 9Z hints

I recently purchased a new charger that is capable of rapid charging and cycling batteries.
However my Futaba 9 ZAP transmitter does not allow cycling or discharging the battery. It is protected by a diode against short circuiting and reversed polarity of charger leads.

To be able cycle and so unhibernate the Tx NiCd battery I take the battery out of the transmitter case and put a simple jumper to pins 1 and 2.
Then I connect the charger and do what a man's got to do. The charger has a protection that takes care of everything that the diode does.

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Jumper in place and
charger connected