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Old 09-22-2009 | 06:13 PM
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Default RE: Accu-Cycle Elite Problems

I have been using the standard for about four years now, but I have no experience on the Elite.

I would try to do a discharge first. See what the condition of the battery is. Make sure the switches are right fot that battey pack. 4 cell, charge of 125mah or so, and discharge of 500ma. Once the battery is discharged, do the charge then cap.

Two things that I can think of. First the Elite is smarter than my old Accu-cycle. It may determine that the battery is capped and isn't realy discharging it. The other is that your battery is bad. I've got some AA cels for my camera and when the set shows discharged to the camera, some cells will charge full in under two minutes. The problem is they discharge full after 15 seconds in the camera. No capacity at all, so they charge to what they can hold then shut down.

Maybe one of the guys who own an Elite can provide a better suggestion.

Don