Red Charging Lights: Does anyone have any ideas on how to keep the unit charging and red lights on until the batteries are fully charged?
770555
This charger is quite smart. It knows when to stop charging. If the red light goes off after a few minutes, that means the battery in that charging channel is already fully charged. Do you have any reason to suspect that the battery is not fully charged? Only a dumb charger will continue to charge a battery for 6-8 hours even if the battery is already full.
1223959
So long as it's plugged in to charge, the red light will be on. I'd just give it a go. Mine's awesome.
1862688
Mine displays a Red light on the inside, when charging. Once fully charged the light simply goes out (not green).
1903371
My indicator does the same , but stops once I start moving forward. ( not sure why ) . My indicator does not give me a true reading to the battery charge . The lights run from green to red , red being that you require a charge . On mine I get the level down by three to four lights ( never reaches the red and I need to charge her up. ( and the batterys are brand new ) !
1449437
I've charged it from the wall. I find the unit quite "funky" the lights stay red, you can't tell if charging is complete. The charge doesn't last long enough for emergency's. Just a weird little unit. I don't know if mine ever worked correctly. I've pretty much written it off as a "my bad."
197228
Getting the same issue on mine. Red light never goes off while charging (overnight), and then won't ever turn on using the power button. I've used this model of a friend's, so I know how they work. But these are simply broken, as near as I can tell.
1726197
Mine has been charging for over six hours with no change in the solid red light. Is that normal??
474611
I have..charged battery for about 4hrs at first..the red lite stayed on till charge was complete
795976
My LED is red when charging then turns off when the battery is fully charged.
1560652
In the directions it says that the red charging light should go off after charging is complete. Unfortunately it doesn't. I let mine charge for over 8 hours and the light remained on. The red light only indicates that it's charging. It will hold charge. Haven't had any other problem with my unit.
1128692
Mine has a red light that comes on and stays on while charging. I will update when it's done charging to let you know what it does.OK, after charging the red light went off. At that point I disconnected from the charger and reconnected it, the light came on for a second and went right back off so it looks like you're fully charged. Hope this helps and enjoy!!
617395
All I can say is that I have two of these chargers, one for more than 5 years, and I have never seen the red lights stay on constantly. Usually within 6 hours the batteries are charged and the red lights goes off. Hope this helps.
1556312
The light is red when charging. But if it doesn't hold the charge perhaps it would be best to email the seller with this question.
84876
I have the exactly the same question. The charging light of mine stays red after an overnight charging. That contradicts to what the manual said: "orange while charging, green when it is fully charged". It looks like it is a common problem so that mine is not defective, then I do not need to return it.
1208466
I plugged mine in for the recommended 8 hours, but the light remained red. As the directions were firm not to leave it plugged in longer, I unplugged it. Did anyone else's light change from red to green when charging it? It works great so far!
1054502
The light will turn off from red when it is fully charged . The red light will blink intermittently during charging
971285
You are correct, when plugged in and the batteries are installed the light will turn red when it is charging. Once it is finished it will turn green.