Battery Charging Question: Is this a feature (by design)?
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I have a Gomadic car charger and a plug in wall charger and, of course, the USB cable. All three charge the Clix regardless of how much charge is left. You can see the three bars with a little lightning symbol flashing when it is charging. At first I thought the plug-in charger wasn't charging because I didn't see the little lightning symbol, but it is charging. I think it doesn't register on the screen because it is a quick charger. 10 minutes in the car charged it to about half-way.
1220389
Yes, You should put a charge controller in line to batteries, rated at the proper amps/watts so you don't overcharge batt.
1354777
Yes... However you might be draining the batteries faster than you are charging them depending on the load... But, still, you are "extending" your use time, absolutely.
2103598
I assume that you mean "does it stop charging once the battery is fully powered?" My understanding is that this one does that, and seems to keep the battery charged if it stays inserted. The small chargers that came with my tools did not do that.
611743
I have not used the battery charger, but looking at it I can see two prongs on the bottom, so that should be a battery charger. I don't have a second battery to try this, but when I get my hands on another battery in a few weeks I will post an update.
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It's possible that it doesn't. I just needed it for an emergency charge to get me out of a bind while on vacation. I still use my primary charger 99% of the time. I will say though, the time I used it I didn't notice that the battery discharged noticeably faster.
665594
I know that it had a charge, but regardless, I always try to put my batteries through a full charge and drain cycle as many times as possible when I first get them. It helps condition the batteries for max performance.
1279288
Yes. I think the combination of charging and discharging is offsetting depending on the draw of the item you are charging...example...might take longer to charge both items this way, but they are both charging.
1489833
Lordy no. I plug in the charger with battery in , out , half in. Pull them out early. Short charge etc. overload and over discharge, it handles it fine. My battery life is shorter than some but it's a tool.
368380
No it does not. Just give status of each battery as its going thru the charge cycle. It probably works this way because you can charge different capacity batteries like AA and AAA in the same charge cycle.
1310492
It does work when it's plugged in, just kind of annoying and it recommends not to. But I have before haha. There is no battery indicator light either which is kind of odd, so you kind of just hope it lasts or that it's charging. Haven't had any problems about it not charging but its still strange.
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Hi there is a switch inside the battery compartment, if that switch is set to the Nicad position and you put rechargeable cells in the unit they will be recharged with a quite sophisticated charger that does not overcharge or damage the battery. Hans. J Weedon.
772059
No. I purchased a new battery and was unhappy to learn that I had to purchase a new charger due to a very slight change in design.
1037713
Well, my experience is that each slot operates on it's own. Given slots 1, 2, 3, and 4. I insert a battery in slot 1, accept "Charge" as the mode, go to 800 mamp, accept that, and put a battery in slot 2. Slot 2 then lets you select the charging mode (charge, break-in, refresh, discharge) but slot 1 setting should not be affected. I just tried it with 3 batteries and experienced no problems. One thing to consider is this. By accepting, you press "Enter". For charging, you press "Enter" for charging, then set the charge rate with the up and down arrows. Then, you have to press "Enter" again for the charging rate. It may look like you had chosen the charging rate by pressing the up and down arrows, but to complete the setting, you have to press "Enter" again. I don't know if that's your issue, but that's my best guess.
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My charger makes a similar clicking sound in the float mode, which appears to be its normal cycling process. It's holding my batteries at 13.3 volts which is near ideal and is apparently not over-charging.
636070
Yes, I use a battery tender etc a small charger that will not over charge any battery .
1900946
No. you have a built in charger in your unit and it will top charge the battery in case it is a little bit discharged.