Hot Batteries And Red Light Stays On When Not Charging: Can anyone tell me if they think this is a defective charger, or is this normal?
917577
The manual says that the batteries can get WARM and that would be normal. I would call Rayovac's customer service...1-800-237-7000
1534303
My light (green) stay's on when charging. It goes off when complete. Mine only blinks when the battery is low. It sounds as if your battery might be faulty. I never use tech support on anything. They usually know less about their products than we do!
1128691
Mine has a red light that comes on and stays on while charging. I will update when it's done charging to let you know what it does. OK, after charging the red light went off. At that point I disconnected from the charger and reconnected it, the light came on for a second and went right back off so it looks like you're fully charged. Hope this helps and enjoy!!
1560652
In the directions it says that the red charging light should go off after charging is complete. Unfortunately it doesn't. I let mine charge for over 8 hours and the light remained on. The red light only indicates that it's charging. It will hold charge. Haven't had any other problem with my unit.
1129488
i was having this issue as well...but i read that there is a RED light that turns on when the battery is charging...so i played with the USB that is plugged into the unit, and found that the red light turns on when its plugged about HALFWAY in. i checked, and it IS in fact charging. try adjusting the B side of the USB (mini part thats in the actual unit) before you return it.
2134899
I learned that sometimes running a discharge cycle first then let the charger do it's job works really well but if the batteries are there for hours, there most be something wrong, are the batteries new or are they over a year old? Some old batteries will never charge. There's a chance also that the charger may be defective.
2182859
Perhaps the charger isn' ' t working - this seems to be a problem. I have had some problems with this red lightNot staying on enough, at least to my satisfaction. Never let the mower sit for a year without charging
1726197
Mine has been charging for over six hours with no change in the solid red light. Is that normal??
882966
That doesn't sound right. Do you have a way to check the battery charge? Are you sure it is at full charge when you take them out? I think one of my friend's had this issue too, each time they charged their batteries, it would charge way fast, but the batteries were never fully charged.
70077
There is a charging light that stays on while the battery is charging; the 'maximum charging' light does not stay on the entire time on mine, and mine works fine. So - maybe you should have yours checked out or return it..
1179989
I would conclude that the charger is defective. I used mine yesterday and the lights worked correctly.
2211254
OK Susie P., so you've used the battery until it is completely exhausted and now it won't recharge, correct? If you have checked to make sure there is power to the charger, the charger light should glow red when no battery is inserted, red while the battery is charging (a couple hours) then green when the battery is fully charged. If the charger glows red and you never get to a green light, then the battery is defective and should be returned for an exchange/refund.
882092
did the battery get hot or not? I think the smoke come from the charger, because this charger is not good, but batterys is ok. How long you charge it? I charge it about 4 hours then the light turn green and it even not warm after charge(I use a different charger to charge it)
1552926
Never had a problem w/the charger.just adjust the batteries.get a battery checker.best way to check any battery.also the batteries are old?best wishes.
1579611
If the batteries get warm after a few hours, they are charging. If not, make sure you have power at the outlet. If so, get a new charger.
343634
I did not have this issue. Other have recommended checking to make sure you have the batteries in the charger correctly (+/-). If this does not help your issue I would contact Amazon and arrange a return/exchange since they are most likely defective. I recommend an exchange since these are otherwise decent batteries.
360313
Never happened to me. Does the battery charge? Do the lights change color accordingly? Might be a bad charger.