P3 battery has 1 flashing bar on right, won't charge

jephoto · Jul 17, 2016

A buddy called today asked what this means. The battery has one flashing bar- opposite side from when it's charging- and will not take a charge.
Any idea what this means?
Battery blown?
I told him to put in P3 and turn on, fire up Go app and look at stats &'cell read outs.

Maybe try to drain all the way and cherie back up- but from its behavior now I'm not sure he'll be able to.
Thoughts?

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msinger · Jul 17, 2016

Too hot maybe?

jephoto · Jul 17, 2016

Thx. I'll forward this chart to him to evaluate.

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msinger · Jul 17, 2016

Or, just tell him to look in his Phantom manual

jephoto · Jul 17, 2016

He's not big on reading anything. Rather call me for tech support...[emoji57]

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jephoto · Jul 18, 2016

I'll have to ask if had been just used. But don't think it was hot. He's got 4-5 batteries & we know not to try charging when hot.

BigAl07 · Jul 18, 2016

Definitely sounds like a temperature thing. I've had them too warm to charge and too cold to charge. Both instances I left them connected to the charger and when the temp stabilized within "normal" range they started and completed the charge cycle.