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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: BatteriesRe: Batteries
From: Bluechip <csbluechip_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 04:53:58 +0000 Here is an advert page for the 1hour charger with batteries that I purchased. http://www.battech.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=335&products_id=878 You can click the image to enlarge. The wall wart and cable for the lighter adaptor is in a blister on the back of the package - so you can't see them in the picture. The batteries were fine when I put them in, although one did start flashing when I kicked the charger, and the charger had to be powered down and back up again. Two of my archos batteries flashed at me, the other two charged. I reset the charger a few times that evening, but it was happy to complain about the same batteries every time. I don't know why it stresses "unplug between uses" ...is that a "save the environment" thing or does it really need to have it's power cut bewtween charge cycles? If I think about it next time I sit to watch TV, I will pull mine apart and see if I've got any chip numbers - I finally have access to a digital camera :) BC > >I popped down to my local branch of Dixons (well, actually it was in the > >next town across, but I was there for an interview anyway) and purchased > >some Energizer 2500 mAh batteries with a seperate-cell charger which can be > >either mains or car-lighter powered for £25 (not bad for an off-the-shelf > >price) > >Which charger did you get? Is it the one with the black cylindrical + >connections that slide in and out and with a fan? A url to a photo >would be grand. > >Reason I ask is that I recently bought one of those. Labeled "15 >minute charger". I also have the previous edition "30 minute >charger". This is the one where one battery fits on each of the 4 >sides of the charger. > >I'm not having much luck getting either of these to charge Energizer >batteries, including the ones that came with the chargers. Both >chargers activate the fault lights. Both chargers do fine with some >Powerex and some Batteries America private label 2300 mah batteries. > >Both chargers seem to do a rather complex little analysis of the >battery when it is inserted. It looks like it might be an impedance >measurement. I was going to analyze the circuitry but the *ssholes >ground all the numbers off the chips. > >The Energizer batteries charge just fine in a Ray-o-Vac 2 hour charger >(still my favorite) and the capacity checks out OK so there is nothing >wrong with the batteries. > >I'm just wondering if I've hit incredible odds and have gotten two bad >chargers in a row or if there is a design problem. > >John >--- >John De Armond >See my website for my current email address >http://www.johngsbbq.com >Cleveland, Occupied TN Received on 2005-11-18 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |