Battery not charged fully - What to do?

[victor_b]

Hi! Im experiencing an interrestin thing. I cant fully charge my battery, which came with the 40D. I get a 10-12 blinks out of the charger and then the light goes on solid. So the charger charges it only for 1minute and signalize that its charged, but its not! I charged this way 3 batteries and non of them was charged. Today I went to a phototrip. I thought that all my batteries are fully charged, but when I used them, I discovered that they werent! This means my batteries are dead? They are only 1,5 years old. What to do now? Buy a new battery or the charger is bad? Anyone experiencing the same thing? thanks

[fishinfool]

Sounds like a bad charger to me. Do you have access to another charger? Maybe though a friend or camera shop? If so, try that charger and you will at least figure out if it is the batteries or the charger. I would put my money on the defective charger. Good luck.

[victor_b]

Maybe in the camera shop... I must visit them anyway. I have another problem too, whit my exposure button. Doesnt always work. I hope they can fix it. Maybe I try to let the charger charge them a night long... Ill see! Thank you for the replay!

[swalter]

How many cycles have they had in 1.5 yrs?

For the record, solid night doesn't mean fully charged, it only means 90%+ (read your manual) I usually leave it on for a while after the light goes solid to get 100%.

-Scott

[victor_b]

Wow... I have cleaned the contacts of the charger and the battery and now it looks like its working all right.