On 04/04/2016 08:18, RJH wrote:
On 03/04/2016 19:58, T i m wrote:
On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 14:39:40 +0100, pamela wrote:

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LED flashes red "Error" - faulty battery or alkaline battery
detected

Duff. ;-)


I've managed to 'kick start' error reading AA/AAA batteries using a
cheap 'dumb' charger. Batteries seem to recover fine. I think they
discharge to such a point that the smart charger can't do anything with
them?

In fact I've successfully done this when the smart charger failed with a
car battery recently.



You don't need a second charger, you just parallel connect the "duff"
one and a charged battery together for a second or two.

If it doesn't work after a couple of goes chuck the battery away.