[rollei_list] Re: Lifespan for Rollei 6008 battery?

Hi Jeffrey,

> From: "Jeffrey L. Bromberger" <jeffrey@xxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:42:37 -0400
>
> Over the weekend, I got bitten by a NiCd battery that
won't
> recharge...
>
> The camera is about 7 years old, but lightly used.  If I
have about
> 100 rolls through it, that's a lot.  It has been sitting
unused in the
> safe for the last 2 years.
>
> I decided to break it out on Saturday and realized that
the battery
> needed charging.  When placed into the charger, the red
light goes on for 5
> seconds, goes out, goes on for five seconds, goes out, and
then the
> one flash every 15 second routine which means that it's on
slow charge.
>
> However, when I put the battery into the camera, there's
no power for
> anything.
>
> Will this battery just "die" from sitting around?  Is
there anything
> I can do to give it a kick start?  I tried swapping the
fuse, but the old
> one was in good repair so this tactic did nothing...
>
> Any help, greatly appreciated!
>
> j
>
> ---
> Jeffrey L. Bromberger
> jeffrey@xxxxxxxx
>
There are several different isssues raised by your
questions. Some are related to NiCads in general, others
specific to the 6008i. My camera is about the same age as
yours, and I have noticed from the very beginning that at
times the camera doesn't respond to simply turning it on,
but stopping down the lens or switching some other function
awakened it. Have you tried that?

NiCads lose their charge when sitting unused, but may do so
in an odd way. I have noticed that at times the charger will
go into slow-charge mode when I know darn well the battery
needs some juice! I attribute that to a residual high
voltage / low current state of the battery, and partially
discharge it through a lamp before putting it in the charger
again.

NiCads do have a finite lifetime due to cells failing or
shorting out, even if they are sitting unused. It may be
that your battery is dead, and seven years is a good
lifetime.

I hope some of this helps.

Best,

Neil

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