Ok.
I just bought a used Canon 1D body to complement my 20D body and I think the batteries in the NP-E3 battery pack are probably near the end of their life.
I still need to get a charger for charging the NP-E3 pack, so I'm looking for a used one or a good deal on one.
Anyhow, I had the thought of just opening up the battery pack and replacing the existing batteries (AA?) with new NiMH LSD (low self discharge) hybrid batteries.
Has anybody done this?
Will I destroy the battery pack?
Easily done?
Can be done doesn't mean should be done, it's a major league waste of your time. Keep the end caps and put them onto the finely hand crafted products that only the Chinese can make, ship, have retail price point for $23. If the mdd black diamonds are too bottem fishing for you there are several other flavours of replacements, lenmark etc.
The charger is a pretty expensive black box to buy, good luck with the hunt.
There is a 3rd party charger available from EastGear (I think that's the company name). A quick forum search should confirm that name...much less expensive than the Canon charger (even a used one).
I bought an after market charger from My Digital Discount for about $70. The first one was doa but the replacement has been working well for about 3 months now. It's made by Charger Devices and is much smaller and light than the original.
Rod
I thought of doing the same thing - after buying an aftermarket NP-E3 that didn't seal well to the camera, and was finicky to charge. Anyone have any leads on a good NP-E3 alternate source?
Hi everyone.
After two Black diamonds-iam not sure thers such a thing as a GOOD alternative battery. Just my feelings, after two bad experiences.
Cheers
Harry
get your old endcaps and replace the ones on generic batteries with them.
although black diamonds are usually ok. (there was a defective batch a while ago)
the batteries should be fine without refreshing, they are nimh, although it is not a bad feature on the oem.
The NP-E3 are really easy to rebuild - if you're not comfortable with soldering cells, have a local hobby shop that races r/c cars or flys r/c aircraft help you with that part. The cells you can buy these days to rebuild with are also ages better than the original ones Canon ships with.
