Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/25

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Subject: [Leica] M8/9 Battery Help! -DAS
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:16:13 +1030
References: <E68E3DF3-4735-4904-82AE-B4EE8E98CFC6@ameritech.net> <04e601cb8cce$f6e908d0$e4bb1a70$@earthlink.net>

Dante you may, unfortunately, have one bad battery that's fried your 
chargers.

Marty


On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 5:01 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net> 
wrote:
> My interpretation is that nothing happens when you plug in the batteries
> into the chargers.... nothing. ?No change in lights, nada. ?( and of 
> course,
> no battery charging...)
>
> It may be that the pins on the batteries have slightly misshapen 
> themselves,
> making contact with the charger pins not very good.....
>
> Try fussing with the battery pins....and see if that gets the desired
> results....
>
> OTOH, if you are getting a change in the charger lights when the batteries
> are inserted, then the most likely problem is dead batteries.... 
> replace....
> with aftermarket ones for about $20 each.....
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at earthlink.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Dante Stella
> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 8:47 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] M8/9 Battery Help! -DAS
>
>
> Ok... I can't get any of my batteries (Leica or aftermarket) to charge at
> all.
>
> On the Delkin dual, I get red lights on both wells. ?On my M8 charger, I 
> get
> an orange light, but an hour will go by with a charge that (if it even
> happened) is not detectable to the camera. ?Since I have both types of
> batteries and both types of chargers, I have already controlled for the 
> most
> obvious variables.
>
> Ideas? ?Is it possible that the batteries have fallen below some charge
> threshold in a month of storage? ?If so, how do I bring them up/down to
> charge? ?The camera doesn't see any of them - except two charged 
> aftermarket
> batteries that will be dead at the end of today's festivities. ?I'm not on
> any intended investment path with digital M, so I would be most interested
> in a solution that keeps what I have working in working order.
>
> Thanks!
> Dante
>
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In reply to: Message from dstella1 at ameritech.net (Dante Stella) ([Leica] M8/9 Battery Help! -DAS)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] M8/9 Battery Help! -DAS)