Cracked battery
Oct 12, 2018 16:41:49 #
Some people knock 3rd party batteries but OEM battery can also create problems too. From my Coolpix A. Glad I took it out to charge it when I did. Battery is caved in a little
Oct 12, 2018 16:45:36 #
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Oct 12, 2018 19:41:08 #
WayneL wrote:
Yeah, just like the clones.
Yep, it's all about quality control. Before WW2, products from Japan had a reputation for poor quality, but following the war, they embraced Deming's quality philosophy, and now, Japan's quality control is world class (Toyota/Lexus, Nikon, Canon, Fuji - I could go on...). China is all over the place - some good, some bad, and hard to know which is which.
Oct 12, 2018 23:04:47 #
TriX wrote:
Yep, it's all about quality control. Before WW2, products from Japan had a reputation for poor quality, but following the war, they embraced Deming's quality philosophy, and now, Japan's quality control is world class (Toyota/Lexus, Nikon, Canon, Fuji - I could go on...). China is all over the place - some good, some bad, and hard to know which is which.
Oct 13, 2018 01:11:57 #
WayneL wrote:
Some people knock 3rd party batteries but OEM battery can also create problems too. From my Coolpix A. Glad I took it out to charge it when I did. Battery is caved in a little
It's likely a fire hazard in that state, the stuff between the plates often can combust if exposed to air or moisture.
Oct 13, 2018 08:34:02 #
I'll bet if you sent that battery to Nikon they would replace it for free. What great customer service that would be.
Oct 13, 2018 09:01:39 #
TriX wrote:
...following the war, they embraced Deming's quality philosophy...
If only American companies had embraced Deming's ideas, but they were making too much money to care.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming
Oct 13, 2018 09:10:26 #
jerryc41 wrote:
If only American companies had embraced Deming's ideas, but they were making too much money to care.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming
I have been to many companies where they tried to teach Deming but they learned it but never absorbed it.
Oct 13, 2018 09:50:35 #
I once attended a Deming lecture, given by Deming himself. In was in the company auditorium which both older managers and young engineers. In summary, the only intelligent question from the audience came from the new engineers while the older crowd seemed to have absorbed very little of Dr. Deming's discussion.
I learned a lot from this presentation and not all of it from Deming.
I learned a lot from this presentation and not all of it from Deming.
Oct 13, 2018 10:05:04 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
WayneL wrote:
Some people knock 3rd party batteries but OEM battery can also create problems too. From my Coolpix A. Glad I took it out to charge it when I did. Battery is caved in a little
S--t happens. Get over it and buy a new battery. And make sure it's not a cra---e 3rd party one.
Oct 13, 2018 10:14:16 #
billnikon wrote:
S--t happens. Get over it and buy a new battery. And make sure it's not a cra---e 3rd party one.
I did not see the original post as complaining about the failure, but rather pointing out that OEM batteries can fail, too. Or do you consider this Nikon branded battery to be "cra---e 3rd party"?
Oct 13, 2018 11:13:50 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
TriX wrote:
Made in China...😳
Virtually all batteries are.
Plus I bet a lot of the "OEM" are made by the same people in the same factories using the same materials as the "3rd party clones".
There may be differences in quality control. The OEM manufacturer may have higher standards for anything that gets their name stamped on it.
This is probably true of memory cards, too.
OP, you're lucky you caught that before trying to charge it. I had a phone battery "burst" while on the charger... I heard a "pop" in the middle of the night, but had no idea what it was until I went to put the phone in my pocket the next day. The phone still worked, but IMO was ruined. I wasn't willing to try to charge it again, even with a new battery. Who knows, if it was put on a charger again, next time maybe it would burst into flames! :sm16"
Oct 13, 2018 11:26:47 #
An excellent candidate for the trash bin.
--Bob
--Bob
WayneL wrote:
Some people knock 3rd party batteries but OEM battery can also create problems too. From my Coolpix A. Glad I took it out to charge it when I did. Battery is caved in a little
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