defective sony vtc5?

[toneman2121]

intstalled 2 sony vtc 5's in my new nitecore d2 that i just received today. both bays indicated low charge with 1 bar on each meter. 3.67v for bay 1 and 3.62v for bay 2. an hour later bay 1 has 3 bars, 3.88 v and bay 2 has 1 bar, 3.71v. seems bay 2 is not charging. is the charger or battery acting up?
after bay 1 finishes can i install the battery not charging in bay 1 to test.

 

[Northstar6]

Having expirience with both products I'd be more inclined to say the Nitecore product would be the culprit at fault here....

 

[Hawise]

It doesn't sound like there is a problem. Battery voltage doesn't change steadily when you're charging (or discharging.) The nominal voltage of the batteries is 3.6 v, so it's normal for it to take a lot more energy (and therefore charging time) for a battery to move from 3.6 - 3.7 than from 3.7 - 3.8.

 

[Bunnykiller]

"new" batteries take a few hours to begin charging, let them sit in the charger overnite ( in a safe place)...

 

[toneman2121]

It doesn't sound like there is a problem. Battery voltage doesn't change steadily when you're charging (or discharging.) The nominal voltage of the batteries is 3.6 v, so it's normal for it to take a lot more energy (and therefore charging time) for a battery to move from 3.6 - 3.7 than from 3.7 - 3.8.

i was being a nervous nelly. after another half hour the indictor registered another bar and then it was another hour and it was fully charged.

 

[toneman2121]

"new" batteries take a few hours to begin charging, let them sit in the charger overnite ( in a safe place)...

left it alone for a while and everything worked out