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<blockquote data-quote="Brian" data-source="post: 256355" data-attributes="member: 17621">With the battery: I bought a &quot;third-Party&quot; off of Ebay battery that did not last very long. first thing to go out, the CCD would not get the shot but you could use the camera in review. &quot;A test&quot; of the battery, put it on thr MH-16 charger and set it to Discharge. The discharge indicator should stay on for a long time (hours?) if fully charged. If it switches over to &quot;Charge&quot; within 30~40 minutes or so, the battery may not be delivering full voltage.I can power my D1 up using the EH-4 AC adapter, front panel holds the connection. So- I end up being able to use mine on AC only. I'm charging the battery now, will report back. My E3, even older, original battery held a charge up until a year ago.Report back: after charging the third-party battery, the Monitor could power up and the top panel. The battery indicator quickly went from &quot;Full charge&quot; to empty. Good luck with yours. This is the sad story of electronics, they tend to go out. I have one 20 year old Digital SLR that I keep working, because it is easy to take apart and clean all of the contacts. If the 80MByte SCSI hard-drive built into it goes, I have a spare.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brian, post: 256355, member: 17621"] With the battery: I bought a "third-Party" off of Ebay battery that did not last very long. first thing to go out, the CCD would not get the shot but you could use the camera in review. "A test" of the battery, put it on thr MH-16 charger and set it to Discharge. The discharge indicator should stay on for a long time (hours?) if fully charged. If it switches over to "Charge" within 30~40 minutes or so, the battery may not be delivering full voltage. I can power my D1 up using the EH-4 AC adapter, front panel holds the connection. So- I end up being able to use mine on AC only. I'm charging the battery now, will report back. My E3, even older, original battery held a charge up until a year ago. Report back: after charging the third-party battery, the Monitor could power up and the top panel. The battery indicator quickly went from "Full charge" to empty. Good luck with yours. This is the sad story of electronics, they tend to go out. I have one 20 year old Digital SLR that I keep working, because it is easy to take apart and clean all of the contacts. If the 80MByte SCSI hard-drive built into it goes, I have a spare. [/QUOTE]

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