After a nice long flight, I plugged my drone battery into the charger to recharge, aaand nothing. For some reason, it wouldn’t charge. So I did some research online and here are some fixes that worked for me.
So why won’t your battery charge?
I found that there are two main reasons that might be causing this connection issue. Your drone might not be charging because of:
But how do you know which one of those two issues is your connection problem? And once you find out, how do you fix it?
Keep reading. I’ve laid out a step-by-step troubleshooting process below that will help you fix this issue as soon as possible. Let’s get started.
Let’s discuss this issue first because it’s the easiest to troubleshoot. The first thing we need to check and see is if your charger is broken.
There are two ways you can do this. I’m using a DJI in the steps below, however, the steps should be similar on all drones.
Another great way to check if a charger is dead is by using a voltage tester. If there is no voltage, then you’re dealing with a dead battery.
But, what if your charger passed the test and it’s working perfectly? Well, unfortunately, that means it’s a problem with your drone battery.
A bricked battery essentially just means that the battery has turned into a brick. You might have an electronic device that is worth thousands of dollars but when it is bricked it means that it is as useful as a brick.
What Causes a Drone Battery to be Bricked?
The reason why drone batteries get bricked is that it might have been stored for a long period of time, maintained poorly or are damaged. And the chances are that it has gone into deep discharge mode and the cells have lost their storage capacity and can not be recharged using the normal method.
So let’s jump straight into it.
To be able to rescue your battery these are the materials/tools you will need.
If you have these tools available it should be pretty easy for you to recover your drone battery.
Steps to fix:
Here are some items you will need before you start trying to repair your bricked battery:
Steps to fix:
If these steps don’t help and your drone battery does not charge normally then you may need to reset the smart circuit. Drone Owners Network has a step-by-step tutorial showing pilots how to reset the smart circuits in their drone batteries.
Remember to always be cautious when dealing with sensitive materials and unless you are confident using the materials above to fix tech then please rather contact DJI support for assistance or buy a new battery.
Batteries are a fraction of the cost of a new drone and you should always follow safety precautions when dealing with damaged materials.
Drone batteries, like many other accessories in the drone industry, have received a lot of advancements in the past couple of years. Nowadays drone batteries can give you live updates.
Even though there have been many developments in drone technology, you still need to be really careful and look after your batteries in order to use your drone at its full capacity.
Here are some ways to prevent further battery damage:
Because of the massive development in drones over the years, drone batteries have also become far superior to what they were a few years back. Depending on what kind of drone you have, the method of fixing the drone will vary as well.
Most drones these days, except for the DJI drones, use Lithium Polymer(LiPo) batteries which are great because of their light weight and ability to store huge amounts of power, but even with this amazing upside, there are some downsides that people are starting to find out about.
The Lithium Polymer batteries are fragile and easily damaged which can cause many problems for the pilots of the drone that uses Lithium Polymer batteries.
DJI drones use Intelligent Flight Batteries which are basically just Lithium Polymer batteries but with the only difference being that this type of battery prioritizes safety and has a lot more technology to help with that.
The Intelligent Flight Batteries offer super-long flight times of up to 30 minutes as well as LEDs on the battery that show the pilot the status of the remaining power left in the battery in real-time.
Because these batteries are still Lithium Polymer batteries they are still vulnerable and still have all the same problems that normal LiPo powered drones have.
But these batteries are safer because they warn you before anything could happen to your battery and that helps prevent damage and helps the pilot fly safely.
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