IDX C 98 batteries not charging - blinking orange - how to get out of sleep mode?

[kevin baggott]

I have a pair of these batteries and they had not been used in a year - I was out of the country. I've used them under a dozen times. I know they should have been maintained and kept at 20% load but they weren't. The only thing I can find online to troubleshoot is to mount and unmount themon the charger up to ten times till you get a solid RED light - did that - but they still blink amber/orange. Any suggestions? Much appreciated.

 

[Peter C.]

The charger will not send current to a battery without a charge. I believe if you connect a power supply or even a car battery it could wake the battery up by charging it. Then your normal charger will work.

Obviously do this at your own risk.

 

[kevin baggott]

What do you mean by a power supply? I'm not the savviest around electricity. I've never connected a camera battery to a car battery. Can't really find anything on Youtube. But it looks like yer right in that there is no charge in the battery and the charger is not speaking to it. Was about to send it to the IDX. I did buy this recently for a trolling motor I purchased recently. But I would need yer soc sec # first Peter before I try that Since I was a kid - I've been pulling electric gadgets apart trying to fix them - never fixed a one. The local fire dept parks one of their trucks outside my house 24/7.

 

[Peter C.]

Do it outdoors with a quick way to cut the power, safety glass, run leads from the battery to that car battery charger so you're a safe distance from the battery. By power supply I mean any device that supplies power. Most devices have that wart in the cord that converts ac to the dc voltage the device needs. Because they use barrel jacks it be difficult to connect leads. They also sell stand alone power supplies that have leads and voltage controls for people who do electrical work, but that would be over kill for this. Since the car battery or charger is the right voltage and it's easy to connect leads that's the easiest solution. Just make sure you're plugging the lead correctly.

The idea of using these types of power supplies is that they'll send power without care. Because of this you should monitor the battery being charged since there are no safety restrictions. But I think it should be a fun experiment if you're careful. Let us know what happens.

 

[kevin baggott]

yeah - i let the battery alone for a couple of months. I just bought the damn things. 450$ - used less than a dozen times. I'm just gonna send it in to the company see if they can bring back to life. Thanks Peter though for yer thoughts. Best - Kevin

 

[Peter C.]

yeah - i let the battery alone for a couple of months. I just bought the damn things. 450$ - used less than a dozen times. I'm just gonna send it in to the company see if they can bring back to life. Thanks Peter though for yer thoughts. Best - Kevin

It's expensive so I don't blame you not wanting to take a chance of damaging it if it's still under warranty and the company will take it back.

 

[cyvideo]

I have a pair of these batteries and they had not been used in a year - I was out of the country. I've used them under a dozen times. I know they should have been maintained and kept at 20% load but they weren't. The only thing I can find online to troubleshoot is to mount and unmount themon the charger up to ten times till you get a solid RED light - did that - but they still blink amber/orange. Any suggestions? Much appreciated.

For what it's worth. If you have a battery that's good or a battery of the same voltage, you can do the old "jump start" trick. It's a while since I've used the trick, but It works with both Li-ion or Ni-cad batteries as long as there is nothing physically worn with the battery. A lot of chargers just won't see a totally flat battery, so this might be worth a try. Remember safety glasses just in case. Like the airlines say. All care is offered with this advice, but no responsibility taken. Proceed at your own risk.

Chris Young

Here is the car jump start method

https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/tools/a28281362/how-to-jumpstart-a-dead-tool-battery/

 

[kevin baggott]

Hey Cyvideo - thanks alot for the video. I see now I over-discharged the battery and the charger is not able to recognize the battery. I hadn't used the batteries in a couple of months. Won't happen again. Since both batteries are not charging it's not like I can use one to charge the other. I would have thought peeps used a simpler procedure (though the guy in the vid makes it look simply enuf) to get a small charge back in the battery. I would imagine this happens all the time with folks and their batteries. I think I will just send the batteries in. THough it's a drag. But again - thanks for the video.