Topic: batteryspace batterys DOA! (they took care of me!)

[mmmatt]

yes it was very cool... I'll slam someone if they screw me, but I'll spread the word if they treat me right.  Mistakes are ok, as long as they are handled properly.  Batteryspace will get all of my battery business for sure.  They couldn't have handled it better!

Matt

[ChrisV]

Well Matt,
So I got the new charger today and return label for the wrong one back to them.   But when I try to charge the batteries the green light comes on immediately even though they are completely dead.    Used a voltometer and they are both registering only about 0.30 V or so.   So I am guessing I got the same bad ones too?

[blu666z]

Dumb question but the green light does mean they are charged supposedly?  Not just that they are being charged?

-Kevin

[ChrisV]

The piece of paper that comes with them says that red light means charging and green light means they are charged(and goes into trickle charge mode).   I'll let 'em go overnight just to see if that helps but judging by the voltometer readings they are DOA.


My luck is sucking with most everything I order lately....I'll get a complete rig here someday hopefully ;p

[blu666z]

Is it possible that your guys chargers are bunk instead of the batteries?  Chris, might be worth holding out until Matt gets his replacements and verify that they work before getting your replacements.

-Kevin

[mmmatt]

Is it possible that your guys chargers are bunk instead of the batteries?  Chris, might be worth holding out until Matt gets his replacements and verify that they work before getting your replacements.

-Kevin

I got them today, and they work fine.  Red light untill it is almost a full charge, then green for the trickle.  I charged the first one at lunch, and I'm doing a runtime test now.  That sucks chris... doesn't that just burn your ass when you order something and it is broken.  I would def call them right away and let them know what is going on.  It is for sure the batts. They must have had a whole batch that were bad.  The shipping label they sent me was almost $9, so after taking $18 out of their profit on the original $58 purchase, I bet they weren't making a penny on me... multiply that by 100 (or 1000)!  Cost of doing business I know, but there is some guy in a factory somewhere who is gettin ripped a new one for sure!

Good luck!
Matt

[ChrisV]

Yeah, I know...they sent me a $5 return shipping label for an $8 charger...hell I would have just bought it off of them for 3 bucks ;p   Plus the cost to send the correct one to me.

And now probably another batch of items to and from me for these heavy batteries.   Oh well, I am not that ticked since I have nothing to tape coming up till next week so if they get them to me some good ones before then it is all good.

[mmmatt]

Well, good luck to you!  let me know how it turns out.  +T for feelin' the pain!

Matt

[ChrisV]

Thanks Matt!  +T back at ya

[leegeddy]

Dumb question but the green light does mean they are charged supposedly?  Not just that they are being charged?

-Kevin

i think that most charger's circuitry will measure the output current (and probably the voltage across the output leads), and that will trigger either a red LED (charging) or green (fully charged).  if a battery is a dud, then it will not take a charge, and the charger is "seeing" that battery as fully charged, hence the green light.

i'm sure someone else can explain it better than me, but that's my understanding of chargers with LED's.

marc

[blu666z]

I guess I haven't had experience with a nicer charger.  The Rat Shack I have just has a green light when its charging and then turns off after 5 hours.  What charger are you all using?

-Kevin

[leegeddy]

I guess I haven't had experience with a nicer charger.  The Rat Shack I have just has a green light when its charging and then turns off after 5 hours.  What charger are you all using?

-Kevin

kevin;

i have an iPower charger. it has "charge", discharge" and "completed" lights, but no "trickle" light, though.

marc

[jdawg]

I ordered the same set of batteries 2 weeks ago. No problems with them at all. Built the battery cable for the UA-5, plugged it in after charging the bats for just a short time, and everything lit up. Each battery should green light the charger in 90 mins. (at least I think that's what it took).  Used them 3 times in the last 2 weeks, no problems.

[mmmatt]

I guess I haven't had experience with a nicer charger.  The Rat Shack I have just has a green light when its charging and then turns off after 5 hours.  What charger are you all using?

-Kevin

I'm using the charger that came with the batts in the opening link.  No discharge, but it does have the trickle.  I like the set up a lot.  I takes only 90 minutes to give a full charge on a 3000 mah, and if you forget to unplug your batts, it won't fry them!

Matt

[blu666z]

Wow...90 minutes would be sweet.  Amazing how often I forget to plug my in the afternoon of a show.  

-Kevin