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Battery problems

  • 24-07-2017 08:43AM
    #1
    Pronto63
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 365 ✭✭


    Hi all,
    I've had an Nikon Coolpix S7000 for approx 18 months now. I use it on a weekly basis without any problem.

    Went to use on sat and screen said "battery exhausted" - strange! I put it on charge and after approx an hour still same message.

    Tried removing bty and memory card for 20 minutes and also tried charging overnight.

    Now screen won't even come on enough to say bty exhausted.

    Battery is a lithium ion pack.

    Any ideas folks


Comments

  • #2
    Heebie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,302 ✭✭✭Heebie


    The battery probably needs replacement. Do you have a spare battery to try?
    It could also be the charger.


  • #3
    Pronto63
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 365 ✭✭Pronto63


    Heebie wrote: »
    The battery probably needs replacement. Do you have a spare battery to try?
    It could also be the charger.

    I use a cable which I think is ok. The bty was charged as I had used it on Thursday and showed a full charge so I was surprised when it showed exhausted.

    Would you expect a lithium ion bty to fail after about 2 years?


  • #4
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Seems like Nikons QC for those packs might be very much lacking.

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    I'd pick up a handful of cells so you arent reliant on any one pack.


  • #5
    Heebie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,302 ✭✭✭Heebie


    That really depends on how it has been used and stored. It's entirely possible for a battery to fail in 2 years. Charging it too often, using a cheap charger that doesn't stop when it's full, storing it in too hot or too cold an environment.. these can all shorten the life. If there's a fault in the circuitry of the camera, it could have slowly fried something in the battery, or if the camera or battery developed a fault that caused a short, that could cause it as well.
    Was the battery hot to the touch when it said it was exhausted?
    Pronto63 wrote: »
    Would you expect a lithium ion bty to fail after about 2 years?


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