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AB Dionic 90 Battery Drain

Parker Foster

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Yesterday my RED scarlet came in (First RED camera) and I set it up and it worked perfect. I went outside and shot test footage and everything worked great.

This morning I woke up, hooked my swintronix battery plate and put on my AB Dionic 90 Gold mount and it didn't recognize it. So I threw it on the charger and it said it was at full charge so I put it on again and it started working but just watching the camera I could see the battery draining, it got to 10V and the LCD starting glitching and flashing.

I can't figure out if it's the jetpack or the AB battery. It's not the camera because my REDvolt works fine with it. What should I do? I bought both the jetpack and battery off ebay used but again they worked perfect last night so I don't know why it would start acting up now

What should I do?
 
The battery is rated at 14V so thats not the issue, they are used. The seller told me to try and reset them with a paper clip.
 
I got Dionic HC-X batteries for this exact reason. The Dionic 90's are very close to the minimum needed to run a RED. Depending on how many accessories you have powering off the camera' it may not be enough at all.

Hopefully its something that can be fixed with a paper clip. Good luck!
 
If you have a late model AB quad charger 2700 with current firmware try running a 24-hour test. This will discharge battery and slow charge back to full capacity. BTW, Fresh Dionics have close to 17 volts if full sitting on charger. How many amps on those batteries? Do you have a charger with digital readout?
 
Parker Foster said:
I'm using this battery charger http://www.ebay.com/itm/251809496842

I sent back the batteries, renting out digital 90s for a shoot tomorrow. I don't know if it's a camera problem or battery issue. My redvolts are draining fast as well
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Only Anton Baeur chargers can properly charge Anton batteries. Redvolts will average 15-20 minutes.
 
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