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Hi,

I was given the camera with power adapter and one battery. No
external battery charger. According to Wikipedia, would have been
manufactured about ten years ago.

Battery in the camera, external power connected. If the camera is
switched off, no light or display indicates the battery may be
acccepting power. If the camera is switched on, a green light is
left of the viewfinder.

If the battery is accepting charge, it's not enough to power the
camera. With external power disconnected the camera has no sign of
life except when switching off.

Should the battery charge in the camera?
The battery is too old to use?
Find a new battery?
Find an external charger?

Thanks, ... P.


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On 12 Feb 2026 08:56:54 -0700, peter@easthope.ca wrote:

Hi,

I was given the camera with power adapter and one battery. No
external battery charger. According to Wikipedia, would have been >manufactured about ten years ago.

Battery in the camera, external power connected. If the camera is
switched off, no light or display indicates the battery may be
acccepting power. If the camera is switched on, a green light is
left of the viewfinder.

If the battery is accepting charge, it's not enough to power the
camera. With external power disconnected the camera has no sign of
life except when switching off.

Should the battery charge in the camera?
The battery is too old to use?
Find a new battery?
Find an external charger?

Thanks, ... P.

Charger:
<https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Olympus+C-5060+battery+charger>

Batteries:
<https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Olympus+C-5060+battery>
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Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote:

On 12 Feb 2026 08:56:54 -0700, peter@easthope.ca wrote:

Hi,

I was given the camera with power adapter and one battery. No
external battery charger. According to Wikipedia, would have been >manufactured about ten years ago.

Battery in the camera, external power connected. If the camera is >switched off, no light or display indicates the battery may be
acccepting power. If the camera is switched on, a green light is
left of the viewfinder.

If the battery is accepting charge, it's not enough to power the
camera. With external power disconnected the camera has no sign of
life except when switching off.

Should the battery charge in the camera?
The battery is too old to use?
Find a new battery?
Find an external charger?

Thanks, ... P.

Charger: <https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Olympus+C-5060+battery+charger>

Batteries:
<https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Olympus+C-5060+battery>

If you have a variable current limit PSU I'd try to trickle charge the
battery. Set the PSU to 7.6V (3.8v per cell) with the current limit at say 100mA. Apply to the + and - terminals of the battery. Watch the voltage across the battery rise. It should rise rapidly and then the rise should
slow down around 7V and gradually rise from there. This means it's taking charge and is likely healthy.

If it starts low but rises to 7.6V rapidly the battery has lost capacity; if
it never rises then something has gone short circuit and it's scrap.

Keep an eye on it and feel it regularly for anything overheating. As two
cells in series it's riskier than a single cell because one going short
could cause the other to become overcharged - I might be tempted to do this outside in case of fire.

Theo
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Charger: <https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Olympus+C-5060+battery+charger>

Batteries:
<https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Olympus+C-5060+battery>

Thanks Jeff.

... P.

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In article <DKb*2i9yA@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>, Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

If you have a variable current limit PSU I'd try to trickle charge the battery. Set the PSU to 7.6V (3.8v per cell) with the current limit at say 100mA. Apply to the + and - terminals of the battery. Watch the voltage across the battery rise. It should rise rapidly and then the rise should slow down around 7V and gradually rise from there. This means it's taking charge and is likely healthy.

Don't have a variable current limit PSU but have a varistat and wonder
about getting the charger and trickle charging with the varistat.
Connect through an ammeter and watch while increasing the AC slowly.
May also be a way to connect a voltmeter across the charger output
while the battery is in.

If it starts low but rises to 7.6V rapidly the battery has lost capacity; if it never rises then something has gone short circuit and it's scrap.

Keep an eye on it and feel it regularly for anything overheating. As two cells in series it's riskier than a single cell because one going short
could cause the other to become overcharged - I might be tempted to do this outside in case of fire.

Thanks for the explanation.

Yes, will work outdoors and watch temperature.

Thx, ... P.

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In article <klesok57fjbkqrjbkrin3kncervs2o8qv2@4ax.com>, Jeff
Liebermann
<jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote:

Thanks Jeff.

... P.

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Peter, I used a Olympus Stylus 7030 camera until it was dropped to ncw
too many
times.
I looked at the links and saw your batteries are shaped differently
from the
one(s) I have.
Olympus LI-42B came with the 7030.
Also have a Kodak KLIC-7006 battery.

To charge the batterys I bought DIGIPOWER Travel Charger model TC-500
at Radio
Shack years ago.

It has A.C. plugs for USA and another attachment with round terminals
that
slips on the USA style terminals .

With the TC-500 were 3 or 4 plastic adapters for different rechargeable batteries.

I know your battery has different terminals than what i have, but maybe
the
TC-500 came with a battery adapter for your style battery.

I would think possibly a local Camera store may have a product similar
to what
I bought for my system.
HTH.
Ed
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