I just need to know because i lost my real charger for my lithium battery and now only have a different kind of charger but for the same brand. So do you know?
The charger will have its input voltage marked on a label and probably also in the instruction book. It is normal for chargers and other power supply units bought in the UK and Europe to accept multiple input voltages. But the USA tends to be a bit isolationist and many electrical things sold over there will not work over here without some form of transformer. This saves their manufacturers some money when they're making power units. It seems as though your charger is seeing twice the mains voltage that it is expecting and has shut down. This may be a temporary thermal cut out, or it may have blown an internal fuse. If it's temporary then a 230 to 110 volt auto transformer will make it work again. In the worst case scenario the charger has sent too much to the camera, briefly before it shut down, and damaged it. That may be why the one size fits all charger doesn't work. The best thing for you to do is to take camera and charger to a Sony main dealer/authorised repairer, and have them check it all for you. Look for your nearest authorised repairer on the Sony web site.
Unless you want to blow up! NiCd NiMH and all those other types If you mix them, you blow up! Get the proper charger for the proper battery! NiCd battery with a NiCd charger! NiMH battery with a NiMH charger! DO NOT PUT NiMH with NiCd vice versa! It is usually written on the battery and charger!
