ok, stupid question...

[JEStucker]

I should know this... buuuuuuuut,

How long should a pair of Trustfire's take to charge?

I plugged in the charger last night and all the lights were green, so I took the batteries out today (about 30mins ago) to put them in my saber for tonight.  Nothing, nada, zip, zilch... no "Obsidian" voice, no sounds, no lights... so I put them back in the charger and now the lights are solid red.  I need to leave for a Halloween thing shortly and was hoping to have a functional saber in hand.

If all else fails I'll just take the Dom v2, as it's got fresh batteries, but the sound and FoC can really make a statement...

[Racona Nova]

Maybe the batteries weren't contacting the charger properly. I wouldn't suspect them to be dead since you said that the lights actually turned red the next time.

As for the charging time, I would say it's around 4-5h if you're using the Universal or 0.2A Recharge Port Charger. The 1.2A Recharge Port Charger would reduce that time dramatically to about 1h. Remember: those are rough times, I haven't measured it so far

[Ziran Le]

Lesson of the day:  For each Li-Ion saber in your collection, always own 6 total batteries.  Two to keep in the saber, two to keep in the charger (switch with the first pair), and 2 as backup because at some point, at least one of them (or 2) is going to fail.

Hope you still had fun on Halloween.  We had 5 Ultrasabers in our trick or treating party and my prophecy was a big hit with the neighborhood kids.  LOTS of compliments and kids wanting to hold/swing it.

[JEStucker]

Rezzing a dead thread again, but it's a good place to ask, as it's still me and it's still battery related.

My adorable 3-year old grand daughter evidently decided to take the batteries out of my charger last night and then she put them back in... backwards.

I was not aware of this until this morning...

Are my batteries now ruined, or will they still work?  As soon as I saw them, I flipped them back around and the lights went from green to red, so I'm guessing they are charging.  They weren't hot or anything else, but they should have been fully charged prior to her flipping them...

[Racona Nova]

The PCB should theoretically protect against voltage reversal, so there shouldn't be any damage to the batteries. If you didn't recognize any heat or leakage, then it's highly possible that they still work. Due to the small idle discharge it's normal that the charger "charges" the batteries, but it shouldn't take too long. Several minutes at maximum So don't worry about it.