Broken Red One Battery

[Daniel Soderberg]

I dropped my Red One battery from waist high, on a carpet floor, and now it's dead...

Any hints on what to try to get it working again?

Should I just send it in for repair? Anyone know how much this might cost?

Thanks,
Daniel

[Peter Dmitriyev]

wow weird. I've dropped them from higher up onto concrete and it worked fine

[Tony Rudenko]

Could try taking it to a Batteries+. Do you see any of the indicators light up? Hopefully the impact just dislodged one of the solder connections on one of the cells...

[Tony Lorentzen]

I may know what's wrong with it, but it's not repairable unless you take the whole battery apart. The redbricks are great but very prone to die if you drop them. The battery cells are fine but the way they're assembled is just not very optimal. Remember - these are not just batteries; they are sensitive electronic devices and should be treated as such.

[Todd T]

You should be aware of the disclaimer in the red store for the batteries:

"Please note that applicable laws prohibit the shipping of batteries that are physically damaged."

[Daniel Soderberg]

Thanks for the info guys.

The indicators do light up and the drop didn't even do anything to the casing.

Does red repair batteries? Anyone had this done, or know how much it would cost?

Could try taking it to a Batteries+. Do you see any of the indicators light up? Hopefully the impact just dislodged one of the solder connections on one of the cells...

[Todd Jones]

I have a redbrick that takes a charge and the lights light up, but it does not connect with the camera(camera does not recognize it). I would love to know this info on if it is worth it to send in for repair.
Thanks in advance

[Jordan Bradley]

I have a dead one too, would love to know.

[David Barlow]

I dropped a battery exactly like Daniel onto carpet from off a chair. It landed right on the RED logo button and that was the end of the battery. I took it in to RED Europe and they took it apart and took a look. However, they said it was beyond economic repair and that was that. I think that because of the fire risk with damaged cells, they would have to completely re-cell the battery. RED do not do that themselves and so the costs would rapidly escalate. Maybe someday someone will re-cell these batteries, but Lithium battery technology is complicated and you need to know what you are doing or you could cause a nasty and expensive problem. Gone are the days when I used to re-cell my Arri SR NiCad cells myself.

[Will Keir]

Try dropping it a second time. Should the trick. :)

I dropped my Red One battery from waist high, on a carpet floor, and now it's dead...

Any hints on what to try to get it working again?

Should I just send it in for repair? Anyone know how much this might cost?

Thanks,
Daniel