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Bad Battery?
Have the HVX200 and 2 regular Panasonic batteries. Putting one battery on the charger a couple days ago, the red light came on (indicating power), but the green light, which is normally steady once the battery is attached, started to flash about once every second. I tried re-seating the battery, but the light continued to flash. I went away to do something and came back 10 minutes later and saw the light had turned to solid green, indicating it was charging properly, so I left it alone. Several hours later I happened to notice only the green light went out, indicating the battery was fully charged.
I then used the battery yesterday, and it died after only 15 minutes. Normally I can go for 2-3 hours with these. Fortunately my other battery was fine and the shoot went without any glitches.
Interestingly, when I put the first battery in the camera, the little indicator didn’t show that the battery had a full charge – looked like 80% or so, but certainly not 10%, which is about all the juice I got.
Is this a bad battery? Is there another explanation?
Thanks!
-Scott
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6 Replies
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Bad Battery…. or gremlins…
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Thanks Richard. You’re the only one who weighed in, so I won’t waste my time trying to charge it again. Samy’s Camera tomorrow for two new ones.
Best,
-S.
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same thing just happen to me
but all i want to know is how you reset the battery?
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I’ve never heard of resetting the battery. Possibly charging it overnight and then depleting it completely a couple times. I don’t know.
I purchased two new ones today. Not happy at all that the Panasonic one lasted just over a year – so I bought a couple by Lenmar that have a 3-yr. warranty and were only $99 each (vs. $175 or so for the Panny’s). They were highly recommended by Samy’s, otherwise I wouldn’t have taken the risk.
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I just bought two of these for $79 each, based on user comments on the DVXUser forum. Worth researching.
https://www.dvxuser.com/articles/battery/
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Good to know for future reference. The Lenmar’s are 5400 mAh, so I’m not too far off from that. Knowing DVXUser sponsored this other battery gives me confidence, even though I don’t know who the manufacturer is.
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