I bought a pack of 4 Duracell rechargeable batteries with the charger for my camera and I plugged it in yesterday this time to charge all 4.It is almost 24 hours past and the red light is still on.My camera doesn't show me if the battery is charged all the way or not, it just indicates when its about to die so I don't know if the batteries are fully charged properly.Anyone know why I still get a red light and the batteries that came with it are 1700mAh and the are AA type off batteries.regards
Many possibilities. Depends on if the batteries are actually working after being in the charger. Could be that the circuit controlling the light is defective and it doesn't shut off when it's supposed to. There is no monitoring circuit for NiMh batteries, just a timer to prevent overcharging. Could be that there is no timer circuit for auto-shutoff of the charger and just indicates that charging power IS available to the batteries. Could be that the charger is getting power, and the light indicates that, but no power is getting to the batteries and they're not actually charging. Which is why I said it depends on whether your batteries are working. If they're powering your camera without dying out in a couple dozen picture shots, it's likely that they're charged. After 8 hours, NiMh batteries are considered fully charged for all practical purposes. Since NiMh chargers are pretty generic, they usually either work or they don't. So as long as the batteries are working, I doubt there is any defect in the charger. And since generic chargers supply a charging voltage about equal to a full-charge voltage, there is no danger of overcharging, unless you leave the batteries on it for several weeks at a time. And even then, the worst that will happen is maybe you'll get 5 years of life out of the batteries when you expected 7 - 8 years. If the batteries die out fast, say after only a couple dozen shots, then they're not charging and you want to take the set back for a replacement.
it could have grimy battery contacts. hit upon a chew of positive sand paper and sparkling all the battery contacts. If this won't get the charger to eliminate darkness from, there may well be an inner undesirable connection that may not be person serviceable. Me, i might take it aside and verify out the little circuit board for undesirable or broken connections and areas that may not be making suitable connection. using a soldering iron and good rosin middle solder will look after those subject concerns. a foul connection may well be placed by way of searching for loose areas and wires. If a ingredient is loose, you will notice a small ring around the conductor of reported ingredient on the solder pad. The section (or twine) could be good, and there could be adequate solder to make an outstanding electric powered connection for existence. in case you do not desire to bypass this a techniques, sorry, yet you may evaluate changing reported unit. i'm hoping i exchange into of a few help here. I desire you and yours properly. happy vacations.
