Very odd! Do all of the cells show the same voltage when you pull them out
of the charger? Are you measuring with a good digital volt meter? If you
have one really bad cell that could keep the flash from charging.
Also, near the end of the charge period, feel the battery cells. They should
each be at least a little bit warm (not hot) if they have reached full
charge. If one of them is hotter than or colder than the others, it may be a
bad cell.
Chip Stratton
> Well, I got the first set of 4 charged in the slow charger. The batteries
> were in the charger for 24 hours. The ready light was on. Pulled them out
> and put right in a T32. Hadn't lit the flash ready light after a minute.
> Dumped the existing charge and loaded with some old, low-reading
> alkalines.
> Came up in 30 seconds. Fresh alkalines are on the order of 10
> seconds or so
> to charge. Maybe I need to check the AC outlet! Hard to believe I
> could get
> 2 bad chargers.... It IS discouraging, though.
>
>
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