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At first I thought it was the external flash that I was using these for, but then I tried some alkaline batteries and the flash worked. I'm trying to salvage the batteries with another charger.
Thanks for another Chinese made quality item. Hope the batteries work.
My order was botched up between Amazon and Adarama so without going into detail I'm screwed. landfill.
This came as a bundle with some camera stuff I bought. Other reviewers except the one good one (hmmm) say basically the charger sucks.
This charger is headed to a U.S.
I fear they might have burst or started a fire had I left them in the charger any longer.There are too many other dependable charger makers -- why take a chance on this unreliable, dangerous product. This product should be rated zero stars -- it's earned a skull & crossbones warning in my opinion. I purchased a current model, the Power 2000 XP-333.Several hours after inserting the batteries properly and plugging the unit in, I noticed a burning electrical smell. Because I liked its compact size for travel, I decided to give this charger one more try. My first one worked for a while, then suddenly the batteries would not hold a charge. The Power 2000 line of chargers have been woefully awful in my experience. This was already a bad sign, since NiMH batteris are supposed to be long-life. When I traced the odor back to the new charger, I of course unplugged it and nearly burnt myself on the batteries, which were scorchingly hot.
The batteries NEVER held a charge. And the girth of the AAs was too wide to fit any of the devices I tried putting them in. I bought the charger, extra AAs and extra AAAs and NEVER used any of them. Heck, yesterday, before I ditched it all, I had charged the AAAs for a good 24 hours and the flashlight I put them in barely registered a microwatt of power.
Should last longer than 1 year. Now, the red lights on the charger flash and turn off after a few minutes. I've had the 555 unit for about a year. At first it worked well, but now the charger does not charge the batteries fully and can take 1 or 2 pictures and get the "change battery" message from the camera. Even bought new rechargeable batteries, but it won't charge them either.Unable to find any support for this unit.
After more than 12 hours, this "rapid" charger did not charge the batteries that came with it. The charger was also very hot to the touch when it was trying to charge the batteries.
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