I'm confused does it show on the battery indicator or not and is this or the chilipower the better choice?
2014975
Battery itself has no charge indicator, a light is on the charging unit. Overall, these batteries are inexpensive but do not hold charge well. I normally carry two fully charged batteries to insure making it through a full day (i.e., a full day might be going to an event or visiting a new city and taking 40- 60 images with limited use of flash).
2014976
The battery charge shows on MY camera, so I assume it will on yours (Panasonic Lumix FZ-200). As for the better choice, I haven't any experience with the "chilipower," but I'm satisfied with Wasabi (use it for my smaller camera as well).
2014977
I have this battery and the charger that came with it. The battery indicator does show on my camera which is a Panasonic Lumix G5. I don't know anything about chilipower.
2014978
It shows the battery indicator, but once the indicator drops by a bar, it depletes shortly after. So the indicator is not as linear as the OEM battery, but it does alert you that you should get another battery handy.
21576
I think you may have gotten a defect battery because I only charged mine for an hour or 2 when I first got it. (I disconnected it because the charged light turned green) and I was able to use it all day yesterday and today. I still haven't gotten the low batter indicator.
995625
It just tells you that you are running low on battery. It does not have a battery bar that I have found and i keep an extra set of batteries in my bag. they are quick to change.
1366616
There is not a low battery indicator, but the LED on the inside will start to get dimmer. You might also notice the need to turn the volume up higher as the battery wears down. With a standard alkaline 9v battery most people report 40-50 hrs of play time. Or if you use a rechargeable nimh 9v battery roughly half that per charge.
439295
Yes there is a battery level indicator, but I can say how accurate it is at monitoring the actual voltage. Lead Acid batteries do not like to be deeply discharged like Ni-Cads, so you must keep them charged regularly.
343791
From my perspective this one is junk. I would have to unplug it then plug it in again for it to figure out my battery needed a charge. If I didn't do that it was green. After unplug and replug it was red. Go figure. I ended up buying the EZ-Peak Charger TRAXXAS-2930, much faster and more reliable.
297516
This is the indicator light for a defective battery. This happened to me even with brand-new batteries. So I replaced the charger instead.
1446278
Mine works great and always has. The fact that a display cycles probably means that you have it hooked up wrong. In normal operation, one bar stays lit or flashes when low. Remember that the positive and negative have to ALWAYS be hooked up to your battery pos. and neg. I've got a switch on mine to turn off the display but it's not really needed. One user says "The C is for your switch to turn on the indicator, with my application, I ran a wire and connected it directly with the positive terminal for the indicator, beings I want to be able to kill power to the entire indicator when not in use. Prolly wasn't needed but that was my choice and it works great. The R is unused and I think I read that it's not commonly used." On mine, I think that means that when I installed it I hooked pos to battery pos and neg to battery neg. Then I hooked a wire from C to my switch and back from the positive pole on my switch to neg on the indicator. If you don't put in a switch, then I believe C just gets hooked straight to positive so that the unit will display.
1310492
It does work when it's plugged in, just kind of annoying and it recommends not to. But I have before haha. There is no battery indicator light either which is kind of odd, so you kind of just hope it lasts or that it's charging. Haven't had any problems about it not charging but its still strange.
168594
It shows that the power is successfully connected. It goes out but never lets you know when fully charged. Sorry, I just let it go for a few hours.
1903371
My indicator does the same , but stops once I start moving forward. ( not sure why ) . My indicator does not give me a true reading to the battery charge . The lights run from green to red , red being that you require a charge . On mine I get the level down by three to four lights ( never reaches the red and I need to charge her up. ( and the batterys are brand new ) !
1850098
Hi Ann there isn't a low battery indicator. I have mine set to feed 3 times a day and so far batteries have lasted 3 weeks.
1779243
I also use the Titanium 16 bay charger it's great and has Led bars to show charging process and will also show if a batterie is at it's life end . Btw those batteries are the best out there !
1328411
that easy! if you look at the battery they are mark in black , the left first pin is (pos) and the right last pin is (neg), again just look at the battery pins there should be mark!!!. the middle pin are for chargering use only. ok!!
2269748
It is showing this because the battery is third party and not supported. Mine does the same thing and I'll be returning it.
2166854
Robert,I believe I have both and have notice no difference between the two. I don't let them run down and keep them on a regular charging cycle.
1864190
Mike, it is the 2013 version of the light. This last weekend I did a night race where I was on the bike for 70 minutes during the race and had it on high the whole time. It still had plenty of batter left when I finished the race. The battery indicator goes from green to blue to yellow to red as the batter dies. It just turned to blue when I finished by what someone told me. So I would say it is the improved battery pack. Jon