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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: BatteriesRe: Batteries
From: Neon John <jgd_at_johngsbbq.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:08:02 -0500 On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 04:53:58 +0000, Bluechip <csbluechip_at_gmail.com> wrote: >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. That one is different than either of mine. Go figure. > >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. Let me make sure I read that correctly. You have to power down the charger to reset the blinkies? Strange. Both of mine reset when I take the battery out of the slot. I've found that sometimes I can "shock" a cell into charging by briefly connecting the cell across a large 12 volt gell cell via two light gauge gator clip jumpers, letting the jumpers be the current limiters. Maybe 5 seconds at most. No idea what that does to the cell other than warm it a little but it has worked often enough to know that something is happening. > >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? I leave mine on more or less all the time. Cycling power doesn't seem to affect the behavior when one is acting up. I've tried all combos - taking batteries out, cycling power, leaving batteries in, cycling power, one battery at time, etc. Neither charger seems to like its own brand of batteries. John --- John De Armond See my website for my current email address http://www.johngsbbq.com Cleveland, Occupied TNReceived on 2005-11-18 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |