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[Closed] Should I be worried? - DX light just arrived with dead battery

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As title really, just tried switching it on but nothing. It is the new style battery with lcd readout.

I don't have an adapter at work to see if it will charge.


 
Posted : 27/01/2011 10:45 am
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Mine lasted one charge, its what you pay for.


 
Posted : 27/01/2011 10:48 am
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Good god man, try charging it before you panic. Admittedly my replacement battery from spokebloke just turned up 3/4 charged. Now gotta wait a week before I get to use it in anger though.

Have you no pound shop/boots local to your work, that uou could go and grap a 99p (2 pin) shaving convert, so you can get it on charge?


 
Posted : 27/01/2011 10:49 am
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Just wondering if anybody else had a battery arrive flat. This is the second light I have got from them (first is still going strong). Asked out of curiosity rather than panic!


 
Posted : 27/01/2011 11:26 am
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Mine lasted one charge, its what you pay for.

not what i paid for when i've had faulty stuff from dx. it got sent back, and as soon as they had a photo of the proof of posting, they shipped it's replacement.
there are certain compromises to be made for them being cheap, but outright failure within 1 year should not be one of them. don't know why some people have such a defeatist attitude wrt this stuff.
it'd cost you about 4 quid to return it. no different to dealing with a uk company, apart from it taking a little longer to travel.

as for the OP, like the others said, charge it. would you attempt to switch on a brand new mobile phone as soon as you unwrapped it, or would you charge it first?


 
Posted : 27/01/2011 11:33 am
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Mine was over a year ok'd, hens why i bought a new on & warranty it


 
Posted : 27/01/2011 6:21 pm

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