REDVOLT BATTERY DEAD?

[francisco santos]

Anyone know why a redvolt battery would have the two outside lights light up green when pressing the button on it? The battery doesnt seem to be taking a charge either? Does that mean its finished? Cheers

 

[Eirik Tyrihjel]

If it doesn´t provide any power to the camera, even with two bars on it, or doesn´t charge - it´s definetly the battery that has an issue. Could be one (or more) of the connectors not working (any visual damage?). Sounds like the battery has the power but can´t deliver it and can´t be recharged.

If the battery is within warranty, I would get a support ticket at Red, if not it´s probably cheaper to recycle it and get a new one.

 

[Josef Gatti]

One of my RedVolts seems to have died too. I got it in February and have used it only a handful of times, but it's out of the 90 days so it can't be replaced.

When connected to the charger, the charger flashes green/red which is apparenly "Fail Condition". When put in my Scarlet, the light doesn't even turn on. A little dissapointing from a small battery worth so damn much, considering.

Has anyone had any luck trouble-shooting this?

 

[Mike P.]

There's another thread in the Bugs/Issues sub forum where a bunch of people have had such issues after only 10 or so cycles... they're still out of warranty though, so it kind of sucks bad. Start a ticket and see what RED says. It is very ridiculous that a $200 battery up and dies after little-to-no use, but maybe that's part of the problem (not enough full drain, full recharge cycles.)

 

[Jude Byard]

I haven't had this problem. Maybe you got a dud?