ajk0952 Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Is it normal behavior for the MZ-RH1 to charge the LIP-4WM battery for only 30 minutes instead of 60 minutes via wall adapter method? Or is my battery dying out (LIP-4WM slowly losing its charging capability?) I always thought the standard time for charging via wall adapter was 60 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 It may need a deep discharge or three - or possibly adjustment (of the RH1 - big pain because on many units it is hard to get into service mode). The batteries, both Li and NiMH seem to depend on fractional volt differences which may decay as a recorder unit is past the first blush of youth. Sure, batteries die, you can only tell by buying a replacement. The apparent "fakes" (ie impossibly cheap price and some fools telling you they must be ripoffs because THEY can't sell you one for more money) are mostly fine. Sony inflates all their spare parts by about x10 so it's not surprising you can get a battery on open market for about 5x cheaper!? Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungerdunger Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 From my experience with these batteries, which I have used in the NH1 and RH1, when they are new you'll have charging times of up to one hour, but as they lose their capacity the charging time becomes shorter until it is limited to around 15 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrius Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 And where could one get a non-crap, generic replacement that doesn't suck? My RH1's battery is starting to lose its charge quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3984.m570.l1313&_nkw=lip-4wm&_sacat=See-All-Categories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrius Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 How do we know those are good, and not fakes that die within a week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 You don't. So far I have been lucky. I don't see why you should not be, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azureal Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 I have also had pretty good luck with these parts. I picked up a half dozen of them when I saw them for $4USD each. They seem to charge well and last nearly a s long as the original. That's not to say that the ones I got are anything like the ones currently available ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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