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Battery won't charge

Discussion in 'Pro/Adv Discussion' started by chase45, May 20, 2015.

  1. chase45

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    Just got my phantom this morning. Hooked it up to the charger and it will not charge

    Ideas?
     
    #1 chase45, May 20, 2015
  2. gfredrone

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    Try turning the batt on and then hooking it to the charger.
     
    #2 gfredrone, May 20, 2015
  3. chase45

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    Tried that notta. Just keeps one bar on

    When the controller was also hooked up they seemed to be charging. But it looks like the battery was just feeding off the controller or vice versa

    With just the battery plugged in nothing is happening
     
    #3 chase45, May 20, 2015
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    Can you post a video so we can see?
     
    #4 msinger, May 20, 2015
  5. chase45

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    Really nothing to show. I plug it in and it's not charging.

    When I had them both plugged in and turned on the battery they seemed to be charging. But then the battery went down instead of up.

    I just went to best buy and bought a new wall cord as obviously the wiring between the controller and battery is good. Let's hope this fixes it. This is a lame problem to have
     
    #5 chase45, May 20, 2015
  6. VoicOfReason

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    Battery can be too hot and takes awhile to kick in (30 min. cool-down). Possibly is it warm?
     
    #6 VoicOfReason, May 20, 2015
  7. chase45

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    It was right out of the box.

    Good news! A new wall side power cord fixed the issue! It's now actually charging

    I guess the original cord had a defect
     
    #7 chase45, May 20, 2015
  8. chase45

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    Sure I understand

    I was really frustrated. I'm glad this was a user solvable issue

    I believe the prong that connect into the converter were bad. This new wall side cord is working
     
    #8 chase45, May 20, 2015
  9. Atom1234

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    In the owners manual it says not to plug both in
     
    #9 Atom1234, May 20, 2015
  10. chase45

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    Doesn't say that in my manual. Just says to connect to charge either the controller or battery
     
    #10 chase45, May 20, 2015
  11. chase45

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    Never mind it does say it's not recommended on the battery manual
     
    #11 chase45, May 20, 2015
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    How did you acquire a new cord so quickly? Just wondering...
     
    #12 Options, May 21, 2015
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    Try the original cable again.
     
    #13 N017RW, May 21, 2015
  14. chase45

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    The original cable doesn't work.

    The power cable is a universal power cable, had at best buy. The charging unit works fine
     
    #14 chase45, May 21, 2015
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