Marking Batteries That Are Charged.. (Page 6): This sounds like the winner to me. There's an echo !!!!! Ha, ha !

jdventer Loc: Wallingford, CT, USA

This sounds like the winner to me.

Underwaterant wrote:

csharp wrote:

I wrap a rubber band around the charged battery.

There's an echo !!!!!

Ha, ha !

drupoint Loc: MARGATE Tasmania

Good Morning

Here's what I do .

I have 2 press seal plastic bags , I stick all the charged ones in it , and in it also is a green piece of plastic . When I use batteries , or discharge them , I put them inside another press seal bag , which is inside the first one , and it has a bit of red plastic in it .

Go home , take the batteries out of the red tag bag , charge em , start all over again

Too easy

jdventer Loc: Wallingford, CT, USA

dirtpusher wrote:

To prolong lithium batterys should be stored only at 40%

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_store_batteries

Interesting but I don't see how it is practical.

Brian Allum

:) The way I tell is to carry a few rubber bands in my bag and if a bettery is discharged, I put the rubber band on it. That way, even if it is dark, you can quickly tell because it won't fit into your camera with the band on

drupoint Loc: MARGATE Tasmania

Good Morning

Here's what I do .

I have 2 press seal plastic bags , I stick all the charged ones in it , and in it also is a green piece of plastic . When I use batteries , or discharge them , I put them inside another press seal bag , which is inside the first one , and it has a bit of red plastic in it .

Go home , take the batteries out of the red tag bag , charge em , start all over again

Too easy

steve7cat Loc: Swindon uk

I use 2 plastic resealable bags, with marker pen write live on one and dead on the other put charged batteries in the live bag. and put the dead bag with your camera gear.

Shuttergram Loc: Colorado

I have four batts, use one at a time. I used a permanent marker to number each one. I start with number "1". When it runs down I use "2", and so on.
The caps are also numbered accordingly. Using them in succession helps in keeping them all pretty fresh when out shooting, and if I am out and three is in the camera, I know that 1,2 need to be charged, and 4 is next to use.
If I start with four, and all are charged up, I still rotate the same way . I put the used batts in different pocket to help me find the ready batts in my bag faster.

EnEs63 Loc: Asia

Wow guys, thank you for all your input... I am spoilt for choice.

I notice many of you like the seperate plastic bags. A good idea.
Baz, your idea of a peice of paper under the cap is great... So simple.
I will look to buy some caps off of e-bay.
Gamiamam - drilling holes in the battery eh? I hope you judge the depth correctly...! Lol. A great idea though. Perhaps the manufacturers could adopt a simple system like this?
Jolly Roger, Underwaterant & Dave Sproul... The rubber band...! Excellent idea and Dave Sproul, your crossed band idea is brilliant...

Well, I am going to give some of these ideas a try and see which one suits me best. Over my three bodies I have eleven main batteries, two different button batteries for the internal computers, AA for the strobes and CR123's for the SB200 and SU800 and AAA's for the remote cord!
Oh, too many and too much....
I only want to create images !!! Lol

Thanks again everybody.....
Happy shooting
R's

MIKE GALLAGHER Loc: New Zealand

My camera uses 4 Double A batteries so I buy 4 at a time and cellotape a wee piece of paper with the same set number on them all. Still fit in the camera or charger. That way they all get used together and charged together. I just need to keep the charged and discharged ones separate but it didn't take very long to sort out how to do that.
Mike.

Tom DePuy Loc: Waxhaw, N.C.

I only have two batteries, I keep one in camera, and the other one I charge it and then unplug and keep in the charger itself

acutance Loc: New Hampshire

I have taken a black marker, and designated my batteries A, B, C and so on. The protocol is to start with A in the camera, and when A comes out, B goes in, and so on down the line. This also rotates their use, which may have some benefit for total longevity.

amhermanii Loc: Midland, MI

I keep the plastic holder that comes with the batteries. I use a marker and mark one end with a "C" for charged and the other "D" for dead. When placing in the plastic holder, I place the contacts in the direction that best describes the battery. I always know which ones are charged and which ones need charged.

EnEs63 wrote:

Good Morning HedgeHogs,

I keep getting confused over which of my batteries are charged and which are not.
I have two or three each of different styles of battery for different camera bodies and once they are charged I have no way of identifying them against the discharged ones.
Apart from a sticky label or writing on them, (which isnt particularly convenient), do any of you have a clever way of noting which are charged and which are discharged?

R's
EnEs63

photosarah Loc: East Sussex, UK

EnEs63 wrote:

Good Morning HedgeHogs,

I keep getting confused over which of my batteries are charged and which are not.
I have two or three each of different styles of battery for different camera bodies and once they are charged I have no way of identifying them against the discharged ones.
Apart from a sticky label or writing on them, (which isnt particularly convenient), do any of you have a clever way of noting which are charged and which are discharged?

R's
EnEs63

You haven't said which camera system you use. Canon make a really simple way to tell: their battery covers have a slot which, depending which way round you place it on the battery pack, shows you whether your battery is charged or not. When the battery is charged, you place the cover on the battery over the blue patch on the back of the battery and you know it is charged. When the battery is low and needs charging, you take it out of the camera and place the cover over the grey half of the battery, and you know it needs charging. It is so simple. Blue shows thru the slot - it is charged. Grey shows thru the slot - it needs charging. No need for bags, rubber bands or anything else. Yeah, Go Canon!

:mrgreen:

Underwaterant

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