Trustfire Multi charger question

[TinyTimberGal]

I purchased a Trustfire Multi charger along with 3 14500 Trustfire batteries (one single, two prepackaged together). I put two batteries in to charge and plugged it in. The light on the left is green, the one the right, red. I would have expected both to be red if uncharged. I thought maybe the loose battery was already charged, so I put the other (of the 2-pack) in with the same result.

Am I mistaken about the meaning of the lights, or is the charger possibly defective?

 

[EagleHawk]

Try switching one of the batteries that you had on the right (red light), and put it on the left side as we know at this point is not fully charged. If you still get a green light, that port on the left might be faulty.

 

[lee72]

I have the same charger and it does that sometimes. You have to give them a little nudge to get them lined up properly. Also maybe the batteries had enough charge in them already?

 

[TinyTimberGal]

Thank you both. I did as suggested and did a little 'nudging' on the terminal that stayed green and voila`, it works! Thanks again.

 

[sierra22]

just recently within the last couple weeks, mine has started to do this, only thing is, when i put both batts in, both lights are read, when they are done charging, the left light goes green, the right light stays red, i kept trying to to fiddle with it trying to get it to change colors, even with NO battery it stays red, so i got out the meter, and sure enough, the battery is fully charged.....weird, but I guess if it is still charging, I dont really care about the lights. I only use VV mods, so i charge 2 batts at a time, everytime, keeping them "paired", so at least i can rely on one of the lights working.

 

[Richie G]

The Trustfire 001 does the job but it's just not good quality. The green LED on mine doesnt work anymore on the left side. When the battery is charged the LED changes from red to no light at all. LOL They *do* come off the charger at 4.2 volts, however. (18650s, 14500s and 14650s) It probably makes sense to have a spare or better yet, that Pila charger as the main unit and the trustfire as a back-up. I may go shopping at SuperT's soon.