Batteries/charger questions

[Insomaniac10]

batteries:
-Is it safe to charge these overnight while I sleep? Safe not only interms of potential explosion, but also for the health/lifespan of the batteries? (do the battteries, or charger, have overcharge protection?)

Charger:
-Are these chargers reliable? I don't know much about these things, but its seems a little cheaply made to me. Also I'm having a very difficult time determining whether or not my batteries are fully charged. First off, I dont think the light on the right side EVER turns green. I left my batteries on there once for several hours, the left side was green indicating fully charged, but the right side was still red > yet when i took the battery that was on the right/red side and put it on the left side, the light stayed green.

^^^Both batteries and charger were purchased from the GLV website. Thanks ahead!

 

[Insomaniac10]

PS - on the website, on the batteries description, it says they DO have overcharge protection....yet the instruction manual said to "never overcharge"

 

[dshark]

I have 6 pairs of batts; 3 AW's and 3 Trustfires. I charge these overnight all the time without issue. If I am home I will pull them off once I see that they have charged fully. But I feel comforable charging them overnight.

 

[Insomaniac10]

Thanks, thats great to know.....any thoughts on the lights?

 

[dshark]

Generally speaking my assortment of batts take aprox. 2 hours to fully charge. I have never had them NOT charge meaning the lights always turn green when finished charging. Confirm the charger is set to your volt capacity of your batts. If you are using 3.6/3.7 batts confirm that the charger is set to 3.6. If you are using 3.0 batts set the charger accoringly. I have 2 chargers and neither have any issues charging. I like to always be prepared hence the reason for doubling and tripling up on stuff like batts and chargers.