Flash-O-Maniac
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- Nov 16, 2014
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I just received a new Streamlight Stinger DS HL flashlight from Amazon which came with the Piggyback charger. This setup came with two batteries, one installed in the Stinger and one in the Piggyback extra battery charging slot. I also ordered an additional battery, so total I have 3. I plugged the Piggyback charger in with the Stinger inserted and left the extra battery in the slot of the Piggyback. Charging started like expected, a red LED solid lit next to the flashlight portion and an additional LED solid lit by the extra battery portion. After about 4 hours the LED by the flashlight portion started blinking, indicating the battery inside the flashlight was fully charged, but the LED by the extra battery was still on solid. Thinking that the extra battery might have started at a lower charge level I took the fully charged battery out of the light and put the 3rd battery into the light and resumed charging of the 2 batteries. After about 2 hours the red LED on the flashlight portion started blinking again, but the extra battery LED is still solid red. I'm having a hard time believing that the extra battery would take more than twice as long to charge as the battery inside the flashlight. My question is, should the LED by the extra battery slot start blinking when the extra battery is fully charged, just like the LED by the flashlight does, or does the LED on by the extra battery only indicate that it is properly inserted and it never blinks and the LED by the flashlight is the only one that ever blinks? I was under the impression that each light would be independent of the other and each light would be solid when that part of the Piggyback was charging, and each light would begin blinking independent of the other when it's corresponding portion was fully charged.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Thanks in advance for any help.