Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/22

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Subject: [Leica] Breaking the tape for Ted, M8 battery woes...
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Mon Jan 22 18:56:20 2007
References: <20070122180509.CEA60501@ms03.lnh.mail.rcn.net> <53AB8F33-1ED6-477E-AF89-9C8F6915574F@cox.net> <001701c73e80$dfc84ad0$8b7ba8c0@mars>

On 23/01/2007, at 10:56, Larry Kellogg wrote:

>> what else happened back at home when the camera and battery warmed  
>> up?
>>
>
>  Right. So, when I got home, I took the battery out and put it in  
> the charger. It charged for a while, not very long, maybe half an  
> hour, before the charger light turned green. I put the battery back  
> in the camera and the battery meter display only 2/3rds.
>
>  I disabled the auto-turn off feature and ran the battery to  
> nothing. It took many hours before the battery was completely  
> discharged. I took some test shots and reviewed them on the LCD to  
> speed up the process.
>
>  After I charged the battery again, the camera displayed three full  
> bars. Everything seems ok now. Should I be concerned with this  
> behavior? I could make a note of it in the letter I send to Leica.
>
>  Regards,
>
>  Larry
> ________

Keep fully discharging and recharging for around 10 cycles: then use  
"normally", BUT remember to fully discharge/recharge fully every 10  
or so turnarounds: Even if there is no memory effect, I find this  
behaviour has kept my re-chargable batteries going longer than most  
people I know: My mobile phone battery is still fine after about 6  
years now

cheers


In reply to: Message from larry.k at rcn.com (larry.k@rcn.com) ([Leica] Breaking the tape for Ted, M8 battery woes...)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Breaking the tape for Ted, M8 battery woes...)
Message from larry.k at rcn.com (Larry Kellogg) ([Leica] Breaking the tape for Ted, M8 battery woes...)