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dead lipo

Post by dizzer »

plzz help me i think i "killed" my lipo battery
i used it to charge my iphone with a mintyboost and it suddently died
no prob i thought until i wanted to charge it, i connected it but the charge light on my lipo charger wont go on
plz help

charger: http://www.adafruit.com/products/280
battery: http://www.adafruit.com/products/353

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Re: dead lipo

Post by adafruit »

post photos of the battery and charger and how you have them connected up

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Re: dead lipo

Post by dizzer »

i will make photo's when i can but the weird thing is, i charged it up before,i know the cables are still good cause my little voltmeter sees a voltage

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Re: dead lipo

Post by dizzer »

nevermind it works.i unhooked the mintyboost and the charge light whent on (guess it doesnt like the mb when the battery is dead) does this mean the mintyboost sucks power even if i didnt plug anything in it? will i be able to build in a switch?

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