Dead Red Brick

[Derek Morrison]

I had a RED Brick go bad on me after a shoot a couple of weeks ago, it won't charge up, keep getting a red light on the charger. I bought a replacement, but where can I recycle or dispose of the one that's dead?

 

[William Albertini]

You might search through the REDUSER threads, there were several a couple of months ago with links to someone who was refurbishing bricks and volts..

 

[Greg M]

Chances are its a simple fix. There is a wire that runs under the cells that tends to pop loose at the solder joint.

 

[Derek Morrison]

Greg, that sounds great if I could get it working again.

 

[Derek Morrison]

I did find this site, gonna give it a go.

http://batteryrefill.com/

 

[Jon Carr]

contact John Riiter, should cost 50 bucks, and have it back within a week. Works perfectly.
http://www.ritterbattery.com

 

[Derek Morrison]

Thanks Jon, $50 sounds better than $200

 

[William Albertini]

John Ritter is the guy I was thinking of, seems to have a good reputation...

 

[Dan Frenkel]

Isnt he dead too?? LOL, SORRY, I HAD TO SAY IT LOL

 

[Brandon Flyte]

Another endorsement for John Ritter -- www.ritterbattery.com

One of my RED Bricks is being worked on by him right now. Swell guy.

 

[Derek Morrison]

Great. I'm shipping mine out to him in the next day or two. Whenever i can find time to get a box for it.

 

[Greg M]

FYI- you may want to check for the loose wire first. If you know how to solder, its a 5 minute fix...and its free.

Ive repaired half a dozen of ours with the same issue.