Hi everyone!
First off, a little backstory to fit the panicked tone of my post.
About a week and a half ago, the charger from my Riva 901 kit seemingly died. This was sent from Liberty Flights in December, and all of a sudden it wouldn't charge the batteries. Left them on overnight, tried a few tricks I saw on here, and switched outlets. I also tried to charge my new SLB 901 batteries (purchased from LiteCigUSA), mentioned below. Nothing seemed to be working properly, and the little red charging light continued to stare at me defiantly. I didn't know if it was the batteries or the charger, so I packed everything up and sent LF back the appropriate items. Gone back to my regular 901 and manual 510 until my second Riva 901 kit / replacement parts show up.
Today, I received the new Riva 901 kit from Liberty Flights (separate from the return). Comparing the LF 901 batteries to the SLB batteries, they appear to be the same at first glance. However, the SLB's have a little piece that screws into the top of the battery in order to perhaps fit on the atty properly & fit the charger(?). Additionally, I can charge the LF batteries enough to see that they seem to be working for now. I don't know if the "8 hours charge, use for 20 minutes, then charge for an hour" still applies to these, but I do know that my SLB 901's have been sitting there for several hours and the switch won't even light up. Is it possible I have another unusable charger? Should I be using a different type altogether to charge the SLB 901's? I was hoping to find something equivalent to the wall charger found in the DSE-901 kit, with the USB as an additional option - not the ONLY option for these kind of batteries.
Needless to say, I'm at a bit of a loss on what to do. Hopefully LF will swap my parts for me, as they are still under warranty. If I can't get the SLB 901's to charge, I suppose I'll be returning those as well.
Anyone that can help, your advice is surely welcomed. If any questions, I am happy to answer. This may all be a bit unclear, as I've typed it all in one go.
Thanks in advance!
First off, a little backstory to fit the panicked tone of my post.
About a week and a half ago, the charger from my Riva 901 kit seemingly died. This was sent from Liberty Flights in December, and all of a sudden it wouldn't charge the batteries. Left them on overnight, tried a few tricks I saw on here, and switched outlets. I also tried to charge my new SLB 901 batteries (purchased from LiteCigUSA), mentioned below. Nothing seemed to be working properly, and the little red charging light continued to stare at me defiantly. I didn't know if it was the batteries or the charger, so I packed everything up and sent LF back the appropriate items. Gone back to my regular 901 and manual 510 until my second Riva 901 kit / replacement parts show up.
Today, I received the new Riva 901 kit from Liberty Flights (separate from the return). Comparing the LF 901 batteries to the SLB batteries, they appear to be the same at first glance. However, the SLB's have a little piece that screws into the top of the battery in order to perhaps fit on the atty properly & fit the charger(?). Additionally, I can charge the LF batteries enough to see that they seem to be working for now. I don't know if the "8 hours charge, use for 20 minutes, then charge for an hour" still applies to these, but I do know that my SLB 901's have been sitting there for several hours and the switch won't even light up. Is it possible I have another unusable charger? Should I be using a different type altogether to charge the SLB 901's? I was hoping to find something equivalent to the wall charger found in the DSE-901 kit, with the USB as an additional option - not the ONLY option for these kind of batteries.
Needless to say, I'm at a bit of a loss on what to do. Hopefully LF will swap my parts for me, as they are still under warranty. If I can't get the SLB 901's to charge, I suppose I'll be returning those as well.
Anyone that can help, your advice is surely welcomed.
If any questions, I am happy to answer. This may all be a bit unclear, as I've typed it all in one go.Thanks in advance!
