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What does the LED on the RED charger mean?

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Blinking green? Steady yellow? Is there any short manual for the charger/batteries?
 
There's a short manual that comes with the charger which tells you what all the blinking lights mean - haven't got mine with me right now but you should have got one with your charger.
 
Charger Operations

Charger Operations

Blinking green? Steady yellow? Is there any short manual for the charger/batteries?
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Yes, comes with charger, but quick summary as follows -

Slow pulse Green / Green = Charger Ready

Quick pulse Green / Red = Battery cannot be charged on this charger

Solid Yellow = Fast charge mode

Quick pulse Yellow / Green = Topping up charge mode (kicks in at about 80% charge capacity)

Solid Green = Battery fully charged

Solid Red = Battery charge failed
 
Yeah, I found it humourous that the intervals and charge times are measured in milliseconds in the manual. Like who is going to work out how long 18 000 ms is anyway? And that it comes from America like that, aren't you all supposed to measure things in multiples of four or summat? Ah, my kingdom for discreet, and simplified, SI units.
 
The manual also shows you how the built in stand works, which was a revelation indeed.
 
Stuart: You've got two "quick-pulse greens", which mean either, battery cannot be charged on this charger (with a RED Brick?!) or "topping off" after an 80% charge.... I'm buying this stuff and I just want to understand...

Dual colours, right? I slap myself for your benefit now....
 
Yeah, I've commented on this before. Now, Red probably just bought some charging system from an Asian supplier or whatever and didn't decide to have it work this way, but it's a bit nuts that if I send a PA to run and get me a charged battery, I have to describe to him how to tell....
 
Thoughts from Red on battery charging

Thoughts from Red on battery charging

Method said:
Hey Stuart,

I get this colour coding on on side of the charger only. Any thoughts you have on this would be appreciated.

Method
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Ahh, Stuart, Brent, Big Jon, any one???

or maybe you guys are investigating and would rather have informed answers for the community.

Or may just very busy shipping EVF's, cameras, writing sdk, squashing bugs, and a hole host of other things that need your attention. We know your busy.
 
Stuart already said in another something along the lines of:

The charger has a built in overheat circuit. If you put a battery on straight from the camera and it's hot you'll get the flashing green/red can not charge because this protect function kicks in. They are currently looking into having the charger recheck after 10 minutes or so (after cooling) to avoid those "damn I went to bed and it wasn't charged in the morning moments!"

I find if you leave the batteries to cool for a few minutes before putting them on you can avoid this error. Also avoid running the batteries flat (or below 20%ish) as
a) they take a lot longer to charge and
b) they seem to get really hot and thus will not charge straight away.

Hope that helps
Cheers

Jeff brown
RED708
 
Jeff Brown said:
Stuart already said in another something along the lines of:

The charger has a built in overheat circuit. If you put a battery on straight from the camera and it's hot you'll get the flashing green/red can not charge because this protect function kicks in. They are currently looking into having the charger recheck after 10 minutes or so (after cooling) to avoid those "damn I went to bed and it wasn't charged in the morning moments!"

I find if you leave the batteries to cool for a few minutes before putting them on you can avoid this error. Also avoid running the batteries flat (or below 20%ish) as
a) they take a lot longer to charge and
b) they seem to get really hot and thus will not charge straight away.

Hope that helps
Cheers

Jeff brown
RED708
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Yes I know this, but my battery was cold maybe 2 or 3 days without use and giving the red, green flashinging
 
Yes,

The batteries sometimes need to cool down before being placed on the charger, but the wording of the "led red/green flash" indicates that there might be a bigger issue.

The words "battery," "can not" and "this charger" make me concerned when I have 15 or so batteries and seven or so chargers. I want to know if there is a generation compatibility issue or some other "bug" that would make for bad charger battery combinations.
 
I'm looking forward to the advanced chemistry which could or will be improved in new or third party second generation batteries, surpassing the pop in poptarts. Sorry, I'm at the end of a party frame of mind.

Good night!
 
Here's the chart I have attached to my chargers:

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