D5200 Battery failure

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Tomflny

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I have been using a D5200 for 17 months. Generally satisfied with the product. Today after charging the battery overnight, I put the battery in the camera as usual and got the following message on the display/viewing screen: THIS BATTERY CANNOT BE USED. CHOOSE BATTERY DSIGNATED FOR USE IN THIS CAMERA. The battery is the original that came with the camera. It has always been charged and inserted in the identical manner. There have been no drops, shocks, blows to the camera or exposure to extreme temperatures. I'm told by fellow users that their similar batteries have lasted for years.
Has anyone had this experience and does anyone have a solution?
 
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Horoscope Fish

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Tomflny said:
I have been using a D5200 for 17 months. Generally satisfied with the product. Today after charging the battery overnight, I put the battery in the camera as usual and got the following message on the display/viewing screen: THIS BATTERY CANNOT BE USED. CHOOSE BATTERY DSIGNATED FOR USE IN THIS CAMERA. The battery is the original that came with the camera. It has always been charged and inserted in the identical manner. There have been no drops, shocks, blows to the camera or exposure to extreme temperatures. I'm told by fellow users that their similar batteries have lasted for years.
Has anyone had this experience and does anyone have a solution?
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Nikon batteries are "chipped" and it sounds like the chip in your battery has gone south, making your camera think you'll trying to use an unauthorized battery, hence the error message. If the problem persists, you're most likely looking at getting a new battery.

I'm going to suggest you save yourself a lot of money and get a Wasabi replacement at about half the price of the OEM battery, but that's up to you of course.

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OhNoBillS

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Just read an article from a highly reliable newsletter (Windows Secrets) which generally discusses issues related to PC's, but some articles are relevant to other technologies ... in this case, the article was about lithium batteries, and how to prevent early failure of these. This tip might be relevant to your problem:
"Overcharging — leaving a battery connected to a too-high voltage source for too long — can reduce a Li-ion battery's ability to hold a charge, shorten its life, or kill it outright. Most consumer-grade Li-ion batteries are designed to operate at around 3.6 volts per cell but will accept a temporary overvoltage of around 4.2 volts while charging. If a charger outputs the higher voltage for too long, internal battery damage can occur. In severe cases, overcharging can lead to what battery engineers delicately refer to as "catastrophic failure." Even in moderate instances, the excess heat produced by overcharging will negatively affect battery life. High-quality chargers can work in concert with circuitry inside well-designed Li-ion-powered devices and their batteries, reducing the danger of overcharging by properly tapering off the charging current. But the simplest, can't-fail method is not to leave your Li-ion devices connected to any charger longer than is needed."

I know that the Nikon charger is supposed to shut off when the battery reaches full charge, but you might want to check to see if this is actually happening when you leave your battery in the charger overnight.
 
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