Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Apologies for wasting everyone?s time. I just misread the info in the M9 manual. I must have been sleepy. Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Question authority and the authorities will question you. On Apr 19, 2014, at 9:49 AM, Eric Calderwood <eric.calderwood at btinternet.com> wrote: > Hi Herbert, > > Sincere apologies, the quote I posted was from the M 240 instructions. :-( > > Here is the section from the M9/M9P Manual > > The green LED marked CHARGE (1.40) starts > flashing to confirm that charging is in progress. > As soon as the battery has charged to at least > 4/5 of its capacity, the yellow Led marked 80% > (1.41) also lights up. > when the battery is fully charged, i.e. 100 % > capacity reached (after approx. 31/2 hours), the > green LED changes from flashing to continuously > lit. > > > > It appears to be similar to what I previously posted. > > The manual was downloaded for the Leica site here ........ > > http://us.leica-camera.com/service/downloads/rangefinder_cameras/m9_m9-p/in > dex.html > > Kind regards > Eric > > > > > On 19/04/2014 16:55, "Herbert Kanner" <kanner at acm.org> wrote: > >> Hi Eric, >> >> Decided not to pollute this probably trivial thread with more of it. >> >> I finally did the intelligent thing and looked at the M9 manual. It said >> the opposite: that the link is steady until full charge, and then starts >> blinking. What beats me is that it could be losing lost in capacity. They >> are Leica batteries, of which I have two, and I doubt if they have cycled >> more than a half-dozen cycles. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Herbert Kanne >> kanner at acm.org >> 650-326-8204 >> >> Question authority and the authorities will question you. >> >> >> >> >> On Apr 19, 2014, at 12:20 AM, Eric Calderwood >> <eric.calderwood at btinternet.com> wrote: >> >>>> From the manual ?.. >>> >>> The green LED marked CHARGE starts fl ashing to confi rm that >>> charging is in progress. As soon as the battery has charged to at >>> least 4/5 of its capacity, the yellow LED marked 80% also lights up. >>> When the battery if fully charged, the green LED also changes from >>> fl ashing to continuously lit. >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> Eric >>> >>> >>> >>> On 19/04/2014 08:15, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> No at full charge both lights are on and steady >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Geoff >>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>>> >>>> >>>> On 19 April 2014 08:18, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The Leica charger has a green light which goes out when the battery is >>>>> fully charged (I think) and an amber light which comes on to show that >>>>> the >>>>> battery is 80% charged. For several charging cycles, it has behaved as >>>>> advertised. But yesterday afternoon I put one of my two batteries on >>>>> charge >>>>> and this afternoon both lights were still going. >>>>> >>>>> I'm wondering if anyone else has had this experience. I'd like to know >>>>> if >>>>> the charger is going south or if it is he battery that fails to charge >>>>> fully. The battery is a Leica one, not a cheap Hong Kong one. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Herbert Kanner >>>>> kanner at acm.org >>>>> 650-326-8204 >>>>> >>>>> Question authority and the authorities will question you. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> > > >