Spectrum Force Lapel Speaker Issue

[INDY72]

Went to charge my Spectrum Force Lapel Speaker, and noticed it stops charging after a minute or so. Tried multiple USB-C cables, and blocks. I think somehow the plug inside the speaker has loosened or something. Anyone ever experience this problem, and if so is there an easy fix? Its barely a year or so old, and I don't want to have to throw such an expensive item in the trash.

 

[RichardKramer]

Just a couple of thoughts here for you to try. I have one that's 6 mos old, so far no problems.
Is the battery drained enough that it will keep charging? Does the flashlight come on?; if it does let it on for awhile to drain the battery down some more, then try charging it. I have an amateur radio battery that when full, it reads 8.2V. If I don't let it drain to below 6.5V, it won't charge.
The charge light will come on and like you said will go out after a minute or so unless it's drained below 6.5V.
To drain it a bit quicker, use it in the radio with the wx channel on and the light.
If you think there is a wire loose, did you try pulling and wiggling each end of the charger cable?

 

[INDY72]

Will not power on, no flashlight. It's dead as far as charge. The multiple USB cables were also tried on other devices and functioning fine on them. So it's something wrong internally.

 

[JDKelley]

It is for cases like this that I have a handful of USB power meters - they plug inline to whatever USB you are using (get USB-A and USB-C variants) and the better ones will display voltage, current, and power (otherwise just voltage and current, which is still enough for diagnostics. The USB-C ones will generally also show direction of current flow with an arrow indicating the direction.)

If something doesn't seem to be charging, the USB power meter is the next thing I reach for, I have probably half a dozen, mixed. In most cases, they are under ten bucks - so if/when they finally wear out, I don't feel bad about binning them. Toss one, buy two. I just write the date on the back so I can note if it wore out early or not (and I can make a note of what sort to avoid.)

Most of my USB-C power meters go down to about five decimal places on the display, I tend to read them down to millivoltts, milliwatts, and milliamperes, that's plenty fine enough.