Is there a mechanism to prevent overcharging? How can you tell when your batteries are fully charged
1610120
All modern electronics now have circuitry to prevent overcharging. On this device there is an LED to indicate charging status. While charging, the LED is red. When complete, the LED turns green.
1610121
There is an LED light. It's green when they are ready to provide charging, orange (hard to see it different than red) when the batteries are low, and red when the batteries don't have enough charge to charge something. It stops charging the batteries when they are full. The light also says when the batteries are done charging. It blinks when they are charging. What the light says is printed in the bottom of the unit.
1610122
The green light stays on (solid green).More description on the back of the device.Also you shouldnt worry about overcharging most modern devices should have a mechanism to prevent overchaging as a standard.
1610123
I do not know if there is a mechanism to prevent over charging. For your second question: there is an LED with various patterns of blinking to indicate charge level. "Slow red blinking: 0-50%. Slow green blinking: 50-80%. Fast green blinking: 80-99%. Solid green: fully charged."
1610124
There is an LED light. It's green when they are ready to provide charging, orange (hard to see it different than red) when the batteries are low, and red when the batteries don't have enough charge to charge something.It stops charging the batteries when they are full. The light also says when the batteries are done charging. It blinks when they are charging. What the light says is printed in the bottom of the unit.
949081
Yeah man I noticed that too but not consistently. So sometimes it was like 95%. I just checked it and now it is at 99%. I don't know but I suspect a software feedback problem where it "thinks" it is isn't charged. I just can't imagine that many people have batteries that physically "refuse" to be charged to 100 percent, that'd just be too weird. Still, I love this machine. Did you have any other problems? So far mine has worked like a dream.
1660943
I haven't used my new Charger long enough to answer correctly, but it has a box at the bottom that tells you when the battery is full charged, it may turn green, but I cant verify that yet. sorry.
810525
Yes you can. The charger is designed to recognize a full charge and then will trickle charge so that the batteries stay charged and ready but not overcharged. I am doing the same on mine
603236
I don't recall reading anything that warns you about overcharging. It plugs into the usb port of your computer and charges rather quickly. I have left it plugged in after it was fully charged and it didn't cause any problem that I am aware of.
429587
No, the simple display shows 4 "batteries", each represented by an icon with 4 bars. It shows the charging/discharging progress by how many bars are present, with 4 bars being full. If charging one battery, when the battery is full, it will say "Full". If charging multiple batteries, it was say "Full" only when ALL the batteries are completely charged. You can NOT charge one battery and also discharge another battery at the same time. It's either charge or discharge. So, it's a pretty simple charger without a lot of bells and whistles, but for the price it does what it's supposed to do, and I'm still quite happy with mine.
854246
I just use the indicator on the camera, which will show full charge until the Smartree drains and the camera kicks over it it's main battery. They you know the Smartree is empty.
518849
You may way want to buy a charge controller to keep the battery from overcharging.
1438506
I bought an extra batt from Amazon as well and both batteries, the one that came with the phone (tmob s3) and the recently purchased one work ok. I think the newer battery is flaky. It only shows about 80% after charging overnight. Doesn't say that there's circuitry in the charger to prevent overcharging, but it does take a looong time to charge. IMO the slow charging cycle extends the life of the battery. There's a battery charge indicator light that shows RED when charging and BLUE when the battery is fully charged. Hope that helps.
1424739
I've had my since February 2013 and haven't had to do anything to it. I don't think the battery is being overcharged- I think it turns that function off once it has full capacity. There is one side with half the plugs that is battery and surge protected and the other side with the other half of the plugs with surge protection. I am very happy with this item- it's plugged in under my desk and I've never had to touch it.
1468824
I am only using Battery power and the Batteries are showing full charge However Sometimes they dispense in the middle of the day for no reason at all. I have no idea why these units behave like they do. Let me know if you find out anything I would be interested.
1372969
I think it might be that your battery is dead, LiIon batteries are highly sensitive to overcharge, meaning that they are damaged when you keep your charger connected after it has reached 100% charge. Get a new battery and try to avoid extreme charge states (full discharge and overcharge) are bad for your battery, don´t let it fall under 20% and don´t chrage it over 95%!! Hope this is helpful
1060052
I believe the battery charger has an overcharge limit which allows the battery to charge to its fullest no matter how long the battery sits in the charger. I leave my battery in the charger for about two days and have not noticed any problems. Hope this helps.
852854
I would suspect it does not have overcharge or float mode to protect from overcharging. There are several out there that are made specifically for maintaining a full charged 12 Volt wet cell battery for around $10 to $15. I use one by Cen-Tech for an old Jeep I have to keep the battery charged.
1091277
The charged amount of the batteries doesn't matter from my experience. They charge as a group, I believe. I've had no problems with NiCD's overcharging.
200714
There are manuals to the PS1MVC. However the batteries usually have charging instruction with them. The good part is that the front of the PS1MVC has a description of the status of the battery. When you insert the battery the various blinking patter of the red light in front will tell you if the battery is being charged or if it is fully charged. Once it is fully charged the red light stays constant. You do not have to worry about forgetting the fact that the battery is still in the charger. It will not overcharge the battery, even if you leave it in for two or three days. But it is not recommended that you leave the battery in for several days, Ni Cad batteries do not not have the same characteristics as lithium batteries.
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.