SWIT S-8073N NP-1 Battery with IDX charger?

[Joe Mullins]

Has anyone tried charging SWIT S-8073N NP-1 batteries on the IDX JL-2Plus charger? These batteries offer higher capacity, 2 d-taps, and are cheaper than the traditional IDX NP-1's.

[Glen Deakin]

Won't work well sprta. The jl2 plus has specific contacts which give extra reading to the charger. The swit batteries may charge but the charger may not know when enough is enough like with the IDX batteries

[Joe Mullins]

Ok thanks Glen. 

[Philip Perkins]

The Swit charger (2 bay, sequential) is only about $190, and it seems to work fine with those simple orange NP1s....

[Constantin]

I'm using the IDX K2 (I think it's called) charger and it works fine on non-IDX batteries. And it stops charging when they are full, and, more importantly, it can charge a fully depleted battery, something my no name charger can't achieve

[newzhack]

I have been using one with the varizoom charger with good results


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On 6/5/2017 at 2:59 AM, Glen Deakin said:

Won't work well sprta. The jl2 plus has specific contacts which give extra reading to the charger. The swit batteries may charge but the charger may not know when enough is enough like with the IDX batteries

Has anyone tried to charge IDX np-1 batteries with the swit charger?

[Ed Denton]

I’ve tried to charge the newer IDX NP-9X batteries with both a Swit 2-channel slot charger and a Global Media Pro charger. It will not charge it properly, at least not all the way to full. Probably due to the IDX batteries being much higher capacity so the charger is cutting off before it gets to full.