Pentax Battery Died - And it's My Newest
Posted 03/10/2022 - 22:49
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Do you have something permanently switched on such as GPS?
Best regards, John
Posted 04/10/2022 - 01:21 - Helpful Comment
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I read somewhere that "dead" batteries need to have a little bit of charge in them to tell the charger "I need charging" Sometimes you can put a bit of charge in by linking another battery of the same sort via a couple of wires across + to + and - to - and it gives it a little boost. I've never tried it myself but it is supposed to work.
CHEERS Vic.
CHEERS Vic.
Born again biker with lots of Pentax bits. Every day I wake up is a good day. I'm so old I don't even buy green bananas.
Posted 04/10/2022 - 08:46
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johnriley wrote:
Do you have something permanently switched on such as GPS?
Do you have something permanently switched on such as GPS?
No. GPS is always on when I am taking photos, but GPS tracking I rarely use.
K3iii, K3ii, K-5, K-x, DA150-450mm, DA16-85WR, DA16-45, DA18-55WR, DA18-135WR, DA35 F2.4, M100mm F4 Macro, DA55-300mm, FA50mm 1.4, AF360 Flash, AF540 Flash
Posted 04/10/2022 - 15:41
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vic cross wrote:
I read somewhere that "dead" batteries need to have a little bit of charge in them to tell the charger "I need charging" Sometimes you can put a bit of charge in by linking another battery of the same sort via a couple of wires across + to + and - to - and it gives it a little boost. I've never tried it myself but it is supposed to work.
CHEERS Vic.
I read somewhere that "dead" batteries need to have a little bit of charge in them to tell the charger "I need charging" Sometimes you can put a bit of charge in by linking another battery of the same sort via a couple of wires across + to + and - to - and it gives it a little boost. I've never tried it myself but it is supposed to work.
CHEERS Vic.
Did this with a standard 9V battery to 'jump start' a battery on a Panasonic. Worked a treat. You only need to apply the 'donor' batteries charge for around a minute or less. Had to repeat the process a few times.
Posted 04/10/2022 - 15:50
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Hi JohnX. Thanks for confirming my post. So it does work after all.
Same surname?? Are you a long lost cousin???????. A long time ago when I still lived in South Shields I checked on the name Cross and there wasn't that many of us "UP NORTH" but quite a lot in the "SOUTH". There's not that many the Kettering area where I've lived since 1969.
CHEERS Vic.
Same surname?? Are you a long lost cousin???????. A long time ago when I still lived in South Shields I checked on the name Cross and there wasn't that many of us "UP NORTH" but quite a lot in the "SOUTH". There's not that many the Kettering area where I've lived since 1969.
CHEERS Vic.
Born again biker with lots of Pentax bits. Every day I wake up is a good day. I'm so old I don't even buy green bananas.
Posted 04/10/2022 - 17:04
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vic cross wrote:
Hi JohnX. Thanks for confirming my post. So it does work after all.
Same surname?? Are you a long lost cousin???????. A long time ago when I still lived in South Shields I checked on the name Cross and there wasn't that many of us "UP NORTH" but quite a lot in the "SOUTH". There's not that many the Kettering area where I've lived since 1969.
CHEERS Vic.
Hi JohnX. Thanks for confirming my post. So it does work after all.
Same surname?? Are you a long lost cousin???????. A long time ago when I still lived in South Shields I checked on the name Cross and there wasn't that many of us "UP NORTH" but quite a lot in the "SOUTH". There's not that many the Kettering area where I've lived since 1969.
CHEERS Vic.
Yep, same surname. No known family North of London, but who knows?
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My K3ii seems to totally flatten batteries and I suspect it's flattened it so much as to kill it. I have had a K20D and I still have a K5. If I leave a battery in the K3ii for a few days the battery ends up so flat that the camera doesn't even recognise it.
Does anyone have any tips to revive the battery. I have AA batteries that sometimes go so flat that my fancy charger just says 'Null' when I insert them. I discovered that if I put them in my old simple charger it kickstarts them into life.