So I sent my unit in requesting an upgrade from v1.0 to v1.7 which was done. Is there a way to tell if the charging circuit was updated as well?
Unless your **** bent on having the charging feature. It's just as easy to turn off the base charger and grab yourself an external charger with extra batteries on Amazon.
I never bothered to see if my base charger even works. I don't like the idea of leaving it on all the time. My base is unplugged when not running trains.
This seems like cheap insurance from damage caused by a power surge or possible component failure from simply being on 24/7. Especially now more than ever. Since these bases are discontinued.