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| 174776 | 2003-09-12 04:58:00 | Does anyone know if a Info Lithium camera battery have a "memory" problem like some other batteries. We have a Sony Digital camera which takes a NPFS11 battery and though around 16 months old, seems to not hold a charge for any reasonable period of time. The cost of replacements is rather high so thought we had better check the memory problem before chucking it. |
Curly (487) | ||
| 174777 | 2003-09-12 05:09:00 | It's not a memory problem. It might be a computer problem :D. Lithium batteries have a very sophisticated charge management computer wired to each cell. Talk to one of the battery refill companies ... some in NZ are approved to fit replacement cells. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 174778 | 2003-09-12 05:14:00 | No, rechargeable Lithium cells do not have a "memory" problem, but they do have a fairly high self-discharge rate. That means that they go flat quite quickly between charges. The warmer the storage temperature, the faster the discharge so keeping the camera or battery in a cool place can prolong the useful charge life, but not by much. In my experience they also die relatively quickly so 2-3 years of regular use is about it. Your mileage may vary, as may others. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 174779 | 2003-09-12 05:16:00 | I would talk to Sony as my sister & her husband have a digital camera with one of those and they had the same problem. Sony replaced the battery even though camera was out of warranty because apparently there is a problem with some of the batteries. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 174780 | 2003-09-12 05:40:00 | For some good information on Lithium Ion batteries have a look at this Panasonic (www.panasonic.com) site. (If I typed it wrongly -- ;-) -- do "panasonic lithium ion overview" to google. That's the first link ... the second one points to it, and a couple of other short articles --- bottom of page). | Graham L (2) | ||
| 174781 | 2003-09-12 10:11:00 | Thanks for the reply Graham L, Billy T and CYaBro, I will approach Sony first as I feel it should last a bit longer than 16 months. | Curly (487) | ||
| 174782 | 2003-09-12 11:05:00 | we have a npf10 that is almost 4 yrs old. It drives us nuts | wotz (335) | ||
| 174783 | 2003-09-12 20:50:00 | I remember reading somewhere about a sony recall cos of battery failure. Similar problem, shitty battery life. I caan't find it anywhere, but could this then be returned? |
Curious George (3535) | ||
| 174784 | 2003-09-12 21:26:00 | My Sony digital camera has the same problem, all of a sudden the life dropped and dropped and now it seems to get no more than 15-30minutes of use. Using the flash nukes it. Anyone want to buy a second-hand digital camera? robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 174785 | 2003-09-13 03:38:00 | Don't sell the camera - buy my battery !! $149.95 should cover it, including postage, and it will work at least 6 times as long as yours :-), at a guess around a couple of days :-) Heh heh heh |
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