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Subject: [Leica] M8/9 Battery Help! -DAS
From: lists at mcclary.net (Harrison McClary)
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:02:00 -0600
References: <E68E3DF3-4735-4904-82AE-B4EE8E98CFC6@ameritech.net>

Have you tried plugging them into a different outlet?  Perhaps the 
outlet you are using was wired backwards, if that affects the charger or 
not I do not know.


On 11/25/10 10:47 AM, Dante Stella wrote:
> Ok... I can't get any of my batteries (Leica or aftermarket) to charge at 
> all.
>
> On the Delkin dual, I get red lights on both wells.  On my M8 charger, I 
> get an orange light, but an hour will go by with a charge that (if it even 
> happened) is not detectable to the camera.  Since I have both types of 
> batteries and both types of chargers, I have already controlled for the 
> most obvious variables.
>
> Ideas?  Is it possible that the batteries have fallen below some charge 
> threshold in a month of storage?  If so, how do I bring them up/down to 
> charge?  The camera doesn't see any of them - except two charged 
> aftermarket batteries that will be dead at the end of today's festivities. 
>  I'm not on any intended investment path with digital M, so I would be 
> most interested in a solution that keeps what I have working in working 
> order.
>
> Thanks!
> Dante
>
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