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Subject: [Leica] Leica Battery Charger
From: kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 11:40:15 -0700
References: <29F05B38-AE11-4161-8272-4CBD708C0DA3@acm.org> <CAE3QcF44-nZLsmMaCfL7QFrxSmkg=expKsjhZ2oQJ8YF73P65Q@mail.gmail.com> <CF77E21D.21E20%eric.calderwood@btinternet.com> <0CBFBE55-CA58-48AA-853A-23E63B8DE091@acm.org> <CF7865DE.21E52%eric.calderwood@btinternet.com>

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.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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> 
> 
> 



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