Posted by sblantipodi
Hi,
I Bought a CBC-100 battery charger.
I'm trying to charge my BST-33 with it but it seems that it never finish to charge.
When I connect BST33 to CBC100 I can see the led blink three times fast, after some hours the led blink in the same way.
What does this means? How can I know when the battery is fully charged?
Thanks.
No one has a CBC100 and can explain me this behaviour please?
Posted by Lightspeed_x
I do not have one, but here is the user manual... it only has two pages, but it has a graphic about the charging procedure and the LED meaning:
http://inttest.sonyericsson.c[....]CBC-100__UG_EN_1220_1498_1.pdf
When you download it, check page two...
Posted by sblantipodi
really thanks for your reply...
when I insert a fully charged battery in the CBC-100 I can see the GREEN led blink three times as described
in the manual. Than when I connect the CBC-100 to the charger the RED led starts blinking and it never bacame green.
What does it means? What do you think?
Posted by Lightspeed_x
Well, according to the color scheme displayed in page two, i think when the led blinks red three times, the battery is fully discharged...
When it blinks two times red and one time green, the battery has some charge and,
When it blinks one time red and two times green, the battery is about 50% charged, and finally...
When it blinks three times green, the battery is fully charged.
How many minutes/hours have you left the battery in the charger when connected?
[ This Message was edited by: Lightspeed_x on 2009-11-05 19:07 ]
Posted by sblantipodi
4 hours and more on a half charged battery.
Posted by Lightspeed_x
Wow... that should be enough to fully charge a battery... can you test the charger with another battery and see the blink pattern?....
Try it preferably with a battery thats almost completely charged....
Question: when the battery has 2 or more hours charging, do the leds only blink in red?
Posted by sblantipodi
I have tryed also with another fully charged battery,
yes after hours led blinks only in red and it never stop blinking.
Posted by Lightspeed_x
Does your wall charger works when connected directly to a phone?
Posted by sblantipodi
On 2009-11-05 21:16:25, Lightspeed_x wrote:
Does your wall charger works when connected directly to a phone?
yes it works, I reconnected the battery for half an hour and now I can see green led blinking...
wow... is it possible that CBC-100 is slower than normal charger?
Posted by deluded
I don't know exactly how long it takes to get the battery fully charged as I usually leave it charging overnight. What I have observed, however, is that the LED only either flashes red to indicate that the battery is charging, or green to indicate the battery is full. The only time you will see a mixture or red and green lights is when you put the battery inside the charger without turning the charger on. In which case the lights serve as an approximation as to how much charge the battery has inside. This is purely from my own observation and if anyone thinks they have a different explanation, do correct me.
Posted by Lightspeed_x
Wow, thanks for the clarification, the "user guide" does not mention that change in behavior....
So, the charger is slow.... well, at least its not faulty...
Posted by sblantipodi
thanks for your reply.
Posted by deluded
You're welcome. I only found out myself through observation, the user guide can be a little confusing I guess.