conditioning canon batteries?

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morning,

ive noticed that my batteries for my 20D are not holding their charge for very long anymore.

granted they must be 4 years old now so i could just buy new ones, alternatively is there any way to condition the batteries?

cheers
 
I don't think with lithion ion tech, they need to be / are required to be as the old Ni-Cads etc used to be - might just be coming to the end of their life :shake:
 
I recently had one from my 300D that started playing up, first thought was the camera - but got another battery and all sorted :thumbs:
 
A little tip with li-ion batts,

keep them fully charged and don't let them go dead flat!
 
Might be the charger?
 
neil_g said:
theyve never been full discharged, bit odd that all 3 seem to be doing the same.

oh well theyre not exactly expensive.
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I wish i could say the same for 5DMkII batteries! :'(
 
hi gary, yup thats exactly right. got exactly the same ones as the last batch were so can prob expect another 3-4 years out of these.. :)

product code i ordered was "PL511S-853" if that helps
 
cheers neil :)

looks like my Sterlingtek and canon original are starting to reach their end of life - not holding charge for the 2 sterlingtek ones, or not lasting very long (circa 20 shots or so :(

So will order some of those from 7dayshop - seems like they last quite well :thumbs:

Gary
 
yeah mean ive had no problems with them till now so im happy to get some more, theyre higher mAh than the original canons too if i remember rightly. means ive never needed a battery grip when out shooting all day..
 
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