As you did, I would be sure to buy the branded charger from a reputable
supplier. Even there we're gambling that our reputable suppliers aren't
being ripped off by their suppliers. Counterfeit goods is getting to be
a major problem when it affects product safety. The charger is a
critical part of the safety chain so don't skimp.
As to the batteries, you can do much better price wise and, in the case
of Canon at least, get a larger capacity battery and get a safe one by
looking for name brand battery suppliers.
My Canyon spare is an "Energizer" bought for about $20 and the Mynolta
spare is a "Maxell", also bought for about $20. I think both came from
J&R Music World <http://www.jr.com/> I used to have two Mynolta
spares bought for about $8 each on oboy. The first one failed within a
year and the second one did something (I can't remember what) that
caused me to tape up its contacts, wrap it thoroughly in plastic and get
rid of it at a recycling center. That was shortly after discovering how
dangerous lithium ion batteries and chargers can be. Perhaps Energizer
and Maxell, etc. have branched out into OEM compatible chargers but, if
so, I haven't seen any.
I've posted this before but if you'd like a little enlightenment you
might want to read the Energizer material safety data sheet for lithium
ion batteries. See Section III on fire and explosion and Section V -
Charging on the need for a timer as a safety backup. Take care.
<http://data.energizer.com/PDFs/lithiumion_psds.pdf>
Chuck Norcutt
ScottGee1 wrote:
> Yikes! Again, could be a feature . . . keeps you warm on those cold
> Winter evenings. ;o)
>
> There are some very strange things going on with rechargeable cell
> technologies these days. Chuck Norcutt has alerted us to a lot of
> them.
>
> I was looking for an additional charger for my C@non Li-Ion batteries
> and checked eekbay. Found a merchant offering a Canon brand one for a
> very attractive price. While scanning their feedback (which was
> almost all positive) I noticed a negative with a comment about
> counterfeit chargers. Contacted that buyer who turned out to be an
> EE. He bought the same charger at which I was looking and noticed
> anomalies in its performance. Took it apart and found a mess. He
> took it to C@non to complain and they were very upset because even
> though the charger bore their logo, the guts were NOT theirs. Last I
> heard they were going after the dealer.
>
> Needless to say, I made sure I bought a genuine C@non one from another source.
>
> FWIW/ScottGee1
>
> On 1/25/07, James King <jking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> ScottGee1 wrote:
>>> Ah. So, it's not a defect, it's a feature!
>>>
>>> I suppose we should be happy that they're not catching on fire like
>>> the batteries. Or melting down like the CCD packaging.
>>>
>>>
>> About a week ago I had a uniross charger x1000 and a set of uniross
>> 2300Ma AA Nimh batteries overheat and melt on me. Despite the charger
>> having over heating protection etc etc... I took what was left of it
>> appart and it seeme dto have two heat probes covered in thermal
>> conducting compound...
>> so perhaps the charger turning into melted toffie is also a feature...
>> The batteries where too hot to remove by hand and after two hours
>> cooling they where still painful to touch for more than few seconds just
>> the thing to keep you warm during cold winter nights.
>> James
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