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Marc45
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Just got a charging station
(VMA4400C) and I noticed that when I charge the batteries with this charger
The level gets stuck at 100%
The only way to fix it is to remove and reinstall battery couple of Times
Which is not very convenience

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TomMac
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Think of it like when you use the Charge Tube, you get 25% more battery life before it starts to go down in the meter

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jguerdat
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I assume you mean after installing the battery in the camera it gets stuck at 100%? Are you aware that charging in the camera is really only to 80% of the battery capacity so you don't over-charge the battery when on AC power? The display shows 100% but it's 100% of that 80%. When charged in the external charger, there's no such protection - it charges to a true 100%. When installed in the camera, the display is still at 100% of that 80% - it takes a while to discharge to the true 80% so the display will start showing what's normally expected.

 

I know this sounds confusing - speak up if so.

Marc45
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That explains it
I will check if the level percentage goes down after a while
I know it didn’t after two days so I remove the battery put it back and I went to 98%

jguerdat
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How fast it gets to 80% depends on how many recordings and how much live view you're doing as well as signal strength/quality. Mine lasts weeks before starting to report anything less than 100%.

TomMac
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Think of it like when you use the Charge Tube, you get 25% more battery life before it starts to go down in the meter

🙂

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Marc45
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Thank you for letting me know this !
When I called Arlo tech support they had no idea
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