WG-3 GPS Battery will not charge
Hello all,
I have had my WG-3 GPS for a couple of years and it has been a great camera. Last year when I went on vacation I took three batteries along with me and they all charged well.
Recently one of those batteries died completely.
Lately I have been using the camera a lot to take pictures of items I am posting on ebay.
A couple weeks ago another of the batteries died
And two evenings ago, the last one also died - or did it?
I have ordered new batteries and an external charger, which should arrive in a few days
In the meantime, I went out and bought one more battery. I charged it.. or thought I did.. but it apparently is not charging.
By that I mean..... I am plugging the camera into the wall with the provided AC charger, as I have always done. The green light blinks on and off, which supposedly indicates that the battery is charging. But it never stops blinking. I leave it overnight, and come home to find it still blinking. I detach the power cable, close the camera and hit the power switch... no power.
So, somehow the camera is not charging the battery. And perhaps my other batteries are okay as well.
Thinking that perhaps the battery was not making a firm connection in the camera, I used the tip of a knife to raise the connector prongs in the camera ever so slightly. Now the battery slightly resists being pushed into the camera, which to me means that a good connection has not been made - but no luck on charging.
Possibly the new battery that I bought is also faulty? Possible, but unlikely.
Could the cable from the AC plug to the camera be the problem? Could the connection IN the camera be the problem? Would those be problems if the green light successfully flashes, indicating that the battery is "charging"? I do not know.
Unfortunately I do not have another cable with a similar small connector. I see that I can buy one on Amazon.ca for Cdn$17 plus shipping, but would hate to spend the money if the cable is not the problem (yes, I could buy it and return it right away if it did not solve the problem, but dislike doing that)
Does anyone have a suggestion as to what else I might try?
Thank you,
Larry Hancock
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