Battery Draining

damaralenoire · Joined: 19 Oct 2008 Posts: 334 Location: South Wales UK

This morning I went to the site of an accident that happened in my home town yesterday. A remote area of Caerphilly where A bloke I knew Called Nigel was unfortunately knocked off his mountain bike and driven over by two cars. Needless to say he died. I am already an active participant in a campiagn to the local council to get the areas traffice sorted with speeding cars etc. So i went out with my camera to the site this morning to take photos, And for I took one photo and the betteries died, rather strange as I only charged them yesterday, anyways, I have always been taught to carry a spare set in which were taken from my charger this morning, They to died . NAturally I thought it strange.

Got home and the second set of batteries are now showing a little bit of power where as the first set are still dead so will need charging again. The charger is reliable, I used industry standard being an electrician etc, so its not that even though i have just tested it to make sure.

Phoned up solstice and explained to him and we agreed it was unusual, so any opinions on this

Coincidence, Natural explanation, Paranormal?

flossy · Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:03 pm Post subject:

first of all, im sorry to hear about the loss of your friend Sad

and i hope you get some where with that traffic problem

the battery thing is strange, i know you know your stuff electric wise, so if you dont have a reason to explain them been drained so quickly im sure i dont
maybe it is some thing paranormal

YB · Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:01 pm Post subject:

My sympathies on the loss of your friend damar.

As for the batteries, rechargeable are known to do that when they are near the end of their life or in the case of NiCad batteries, they loose their memory and will not take a charge even though they show fully charged.

damaralenoire · Joined: 19 Oct 2008 Posts: 334 Location: South Wales UK

Shame these batteries are only a month old though. They are replaced regularly.

Kev · Joined: 14 Jan 2009 Posts: 34

Sorry about your friend damaralenoire. Kev.

YB · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:36 am Post subject:

What brand of batteries do you have?
Are they Nickle Cadmium or Nickle Metal Hydride?

damaralenoire · Joined: 19 Oct 2008 Posts: 334 Location: South Wales UK

Nickle Metal Hydride

2650mAH

Same make and power batteries as i have been using since the start of having t his camera

YB · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:29 pm Post subject:

We can rule out memory then. Either they were bad to begin with or... they were drained for spirit energy. One way to tell would be to recharge them then use them again for something else. If they are ok then you got spooked lol :D Very Happy

bitterbuck1 · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:48 pm Post subject:

Sorry to hear of your friend Damara.

damaralenoire · Joined: 19 Oct 2008 Posts: 334 Location: South Wales UK

Thanks everyone for the condolences, I myself wasn't very close to him , I knew him from when i used to work with him and he always achnowledged me in the street. Its more my father and neighbours who knew him much better. Still a shocker to know a life can end so quickly and with such tradegy

ANYWAYs

I have recharged the batteries since and been using my camera all morning taken about 200 photos and the batteries still have 89% power. Which sounds about normal.

Will check the spare batteries in a bit