bachscuttler
16th of June 2009 (Tue), 02:21
Guys, I need your help verifying a possible LP-E4 battery problem.
My Mk3 arrived from the States to the UK last night.
I immediately got the battery on charge then thought I would set the camera up using the AC-E4 mains adapter. I only had one UK mains adapter plug (to make the 2 prong plug convert to the 3 pin UK socket) so popped that onto the mains charger and plugged the DC coupler into the camera.
Dead as a Dodo.
To cut a long story short, the UK adapter plug supplied externally with the camera had a way under-rated fuse for the AC-E4, so went and bought 2 UK adapters from the local store.
Put the battery on charge and merrily worked away with the AC-E4, setting the camera up.
2 hours later, plugged the presumably fully charged battery into the camera and all fine...5 minutes later, it died.
Put the battery back on the charger, no red calibration lights and when the button pressed, indicated 100% charged.
During charging, the green led's exhibited the following behaviour:
50% and 80% LED's are on and the 100% LED flashes.
In aprox 5 second cycles, all LED's go out then blink.
The manual suggests the battery is out of it's operating temperature range and the charger will interrupt until it returns to normal.
I've left the battery on charge overnight and same symptoms this morning, with no power-up on the camera (the red led on the camera doesn't blink when the battery lock handle is turned)
I'm hoping it's just a duff battery and have ordered a replacement anyway, but am worried whether it is the charger and the whole lot has to go back.
Operating voltages shouldn't be an issue, although it was bought from the States and using in the UK as the range for the charger and AC-E4 is 100v-240V
Camera still works fine with the AC-E4 adapter...sorry for the lengthy post but thought the background information might be relevant.
My Mk3 arrived from the States to the UK last night.
I immediately got the battery on charge then thought I would set the camera up using the AC-E4 mains adapter. I only had one UK mains adapter plug (to make the 2 prong plug convert to the 3 pin UK socket) so popped that onto the mains charger and plugged the DC coupler into the camera.
Dead as a Dodo.
To cut a long story short, the UK adapter plug supplied externally with the camera had a way under-rated fuse for the AC-E4, so went and bought 2 UK adapters from the local store.
Put the battery on charge and merrily worked away with the AC-E4, setting the camera up.
2 hours later, plugged the presumably fully charged battery into the camera and all fine...5 minutes later, it died.
Put the battery back on the charger, no red calibration lights and when the button pressed, indicated 100% charged.
During charging, the green led's exhibited the following behaviour:
50% and 80% LED's are on and the 100% LED flashes.
In aprox 5 second cycles, all LED's go out then blink.
The manual suggests the battery is out of it's operating temperature range and the charger will interrupt until it returns to normal.
I've left the battery on charge overnight and same symptoms this morning, with no power-up on the camera (the red led on the camera doesn't blink when the battery lock handle is turned)
I'm hoping it's just a duff battery and have ordered a replacement anyway, but am worried whether it is the charger and the whole lot has to go back.
Operating voltages shouldn't be an issue, although it was bought from the States and using in the UK as the range for the charger and AC-E4 is 100v-240V
Camera still works fine with the AC-E4 adapter...sorry for the lengthy post but thought the background information might be relevant.