"William Sommerwerck" wrote in message
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We also agreed that even if the charger was defective, it
could not increase the battery voltage past its normal fully
charged state.

I'm not so sure. I'd drop the charger in the box with the battery. Never
"assume".



I read the small print on the charger. It says, "DC out, 7.5V 1.5A(VTR) 10V
1.1A(BATT)" So maybe it isn't a surprise that the charger is able to charge
the battery to 8 volts or higher.

I haven't sent the battery in just yet. I'm still not convinced the
camcorder is working properly. There are times I will power it up with a
6.5V supply voltage and moments later, the overload light comes on my power
supply. 6.5 volts is what the schematic indicates as the battery input
voltage. This is a full volt lower than the 7.5 volts that the
charger/supply outputs (the charger can also power the camcorder when the
power switch is moved to DC out). I've set the current limiting of the power
supply to 1.6 amps, the value of the fuse, even though there are other
branch circuits that don't go through this same fuse. The rated power stated
in the camcorder service manual is 6 watts. At the moment, I have my bench
supply set at 7.75 volts and the current protection at 1.6 amps which would
provide over 12 watts of power. The current reading is steady and shows,
550ma, and it is not shutting down. I've also noticed that the power supply
will sometimes shut down when the camcorder is in the "off" mode if I crank
up the voltage somewhere in the high 7 volt range. There is never any slow
increase of current. It just jumps from 550ma to a shut down situation.

Thanks for your reply.
--
David Farber
David Farber's Service Center
L.A., CA