I got this charger today and put it to work on my dead car. Strangely both charging and charged indicators stay on solid. What does this mean? Thx.
1083593
Either you connected it wrong, or you have a dead battery. The two lights should be indicating a problem with charging.
1824963
I have not had that issue. Does your car outlet go off when your car's off? I have two outlets on my console, one turns off with the car and one remains active. I plug into my always active port so if it's in the base it's charging.
1871968
There is an indicator light that blinks while charging and is solid when fully charged, but it does not tell you when it is dying and needs to be charged... In my experience, it is good for one full charge at least.
1800820
Red indicator light means the charger is fully charged and ready to go, I leave mine plugged in 24/7 unless I'm on a long road trip,... Never had any issues of battery drainage
1341896
This is normal. It does not change, it just stays on to let you know it is charging.
1128692
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!!
740445
It doesn't seem normal. Mine will stay a solid red and then turn off once it is charged.
2271724
Blinking red light means it is charging. Solid red light means it needs charging.
1792489
I'm not sure, similar to other chargers it has a red blinking light while charging and a solid red light when charged. I have assumed that when the solid red light is on it stops the charge mode and doesn't continuously keep feeding juice to the battery. I've left several batteries on the charger for a week or two before and when I grabbed the battery it was not warm at all and I've not had any problems with the batteries.
1458033
only a guess since I had purchased this for my nephew not myself. but I would think it means to tell you it's charging and probably will change to a solid color when done charging.
123872
That indicates that it's charging. It will blink faster as it gets closer to fully charged. It will stay solid green once it reaches about 4.2 volts.
2259137
Your battery is probably dead and you need a new one. If you leave your car battery discharged for long periods of time, it will no longer hold a charge. This charger is meant to keep the battery conditioned and charged when you don't use it for long periods of time. You would normally leave this charger hooked up to the battery while your car is not in use.
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.
1321447
I believe there is an electrical component between the plugs .. this takes care of the signal the car needs to see to charge properly..
864606
Hi Dave, these cheap charger have all sorts of Gremlins!� just follow the procedure. Plug in the charger,then plug in the battery to the charger. When I plug in my charger the light is green and when I plug in the battery it turns red until charged. It then turns red. If yours does something else, remove the Gremlin. Seriously, do you leave it in long enough to see if the green light does come on? Sometimes there's just a malfunction in the red coming on when it should yet the charger is still working fine. That's been my experience anyway. Hope this has help. The USB chargers have worked pretty good I've found too!. I'd never charge more than one at a time with these pups though. Hi Dave, these cheap charger have all sorts of Gremlins!� just follow the procedure. Plug in the charger,then plug in the battery to the charger. When I plug in my charger the light is green and when I plug in the battery it turns red until charged. It then turns red. If yours does something else, remove the Gremlin. Seriously, do you leave it in long enough to see if the green light does come on? Sometimes there's just a malfunction in the red coming on when it should yet the charger is still working fine. That's been my experience anyway. Hope this has help. The USB chargers have... » Read More Hi Dave, these cheap charger have all sorts of Gremlins!� just follow the procedure. Plug in the charger,then plug in the battery to the charger. When I plug in my charger the light is green and when I plug in the battery it turns red until charged. It then turns red. If yours does something else, remove the Gremlin. Seriously, do you leave it in long enough to see if the green light does come on? Sometimes there's just a malfunction in the red coming on when it should yet the charger is still working fine. That's been my experience anyway. Hope this has help. The USB chargers have worked pretty good I've found too!. I'd never charge more than one at a time with these pups though. « Show Less
906931
Could be a lot of things. Most likely, if you have the original charger, it can not be working properly as well. Replace it with one that has a good rating.
982985
i purchased it for my father but I would guess its a weak battery indicator and currently charging if it doesn't go green after a while the battery might not be chargeable anymore or a faulty charging unit , or drill . Most chargers have the same red light indicator meaning.