To add to Carlos' information below; my SL2000/3003 'Charger L' has a red and a green light (as with the SLX/6000 chargers). When just connected to the power supply, no indicators illuminate. When the battery pack is attached, both lights should light up. There is a heat sensor within the two 'springy silver bits' on top of the charger which are moulded to make contact with the cells in the battery pack and monitor temperature. When the temperature rises sufficiently, the high charge rate is cut, the red light goes out and the green light signifies trickle charge. I have been told by a Rollei repairman that the lamp bulbs are part of the charging circuitry, acting as resistors, so should be replaced with the correct type (marked on the circuit board. It does appear to charge even if the red light does not illuminate, if the bulb has blown (which is fairly often). :-( I find the charging of my 3003 packs to be a bit 'hit & miss' due to the nature of NiCds (one cell in the pack may have 'dropped out' but the lamps still illuminate) and the relative short life of the lamps. I found the slow charger, which was supplied with the camera, annoyingly, had no indicators at all, so I was even less reliant on that. On the up side, the camera is fantastic. One way round this is to purchase an empty battery holder and put individual cells in it which can be charged in a standard AA charger and inserted when fully charged. Do not use standard AA disposable batteries, which have a 1.5v output (total 7.5v), because this will blow the 6v camera circuits. I assume this is why the battery holder was withdrawn because users kept 'blowing' their cameras. John -----Original Message----- From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of CarlosMFreaza Sent: 04 April 2007 05:16 To: aghalide@xxxxxxx Cc: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [rollei_list] Re: 3003 Instructions Hello Ed: The info I have about this quick charger is that it charges 70% within 1 hour and 3 hours the full cycle. I have a similar quick charger for my wife's digital camera, when the charger starts to charge the batteries Nicd or Ni-Mh, both lights green and red are "On" indicating the quick charge is working, when the quick charge is complete, the green light becomes "off" and the red light "on" indicates the charger is working for the slow charge mode. I suspect the Rollei charger works similar, the first hour both red and green lights are "On" indicating the quick charge is working, after the first hour one of the two lights becomes "off" indicating the slow charge mode is working, and then after to complete three hours (one for the quick charge and two for the slow charge) the cycle is complete and it would be necessary to disconnect the charger. Anyway if the Rollei quick charger works different regarding my quick charger, I'm waiting for the next two weeks the Rollei Report III reviewed edition, this book has the info about this charger. Best regards Carlos Best regards Carlos 2007/4/3, aghalide@xxxxxxx <aghalide@xxxxxxx>: > > > > I'm only looking for instructions for the quick charge battery device. > There is a red light and a green light and I find it very confusing. > Do you know anything about this? I have the camera manual, but it > contains no information on the quick charge battery. > > > > Ed Meyers > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list