Reconditioning charger for Canon Bp511a?

I'm asking because I have noticed a degrade in performance over time in my bp511a batteries used on my 10/20/30D cameras. now, I have a super duper kicka$$ charger for AA batts that can bring old dead batteries to life, so I figure there's gotta be a way to do with my camera batteries too.

I mean, my 1d3 comes with a charger that will recondition the battery, I suppose isn't not unreasonable to want the same for my other batteries.

anyone know of a charger to do this? yeah I'm a tree hugger and would rather recondition than throw out and buy new sterlingteks.... (which by the way, I have found to have a shorter lifespan than genuine canons)

I think this is what you are looking for:

http://www.mahaenergy.​com …iewitem.asp?idp​roduct=185

To buy:

http://thomasdistribut​ing.com …4166a04bd4972d8​65d41960bd

I've used mine to recondition my cell phone batteries. I'm sure it would work on camera batteries since it is pretty much universal. It has floating pins you adjust to make contact with the battery contacts.

BP511s are LIthion Ion cells, which have a shelf life. Their performance degrades over time. I also don't think you have to recondition LIONs. *scratches head*

http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Lithium_ion_bat​tery (Look under dissadvantages)

Ephemeral wrote in post #4175527
BP511s are LIthion Ion cells, which have a shelf life. Their performance degrades over time. I also don't think you have to recondition LIONs. *scratches head*

http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Lithium_ion_bat​tery (Look under dissadvantages)

That was my impression too.

umbra wrote in post #4173365
I think this is what you are looking for:

http://www.mahaenergy.​com …iewitem.asp?idp​roduct=185

To buy:

http://thomasdistribut​ing.com …4166a04bd4972d8​65d41960bd

I've used mine to recondition my cell phone batteries. I'm sure it would work on camera batteries since it is pretty much universal. It has floating pins you adjust to make contact with the battery contacts.

dude, thank you. This looks like exactly what I need. thanks!!!

Ephemeral wrote in post #4175527
BP511s are LIthion Ion cells, which have a shelf life. Their performance degrades over time. I also don't think you have to recondition LIONs. *scratches head*

http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Lithium_ion_bat​tery (Look under dissadvantages)

LotsToLearn wrote in post #4175705
That was my impression too.

who knows. All I know is that my Mark III also has a li-ion battery too, and it comes from Canon with a reconditioning charger which restores performance after a lot of charge/discharge cycles. If it works on the LP-E4 battery, then why not the bp511a?