Batteries need to be fully charged before storing them. If you put dead battery away or an almost dead batery away it will go bad. I have been using mine for at least 4 years with no problems. With the cost of the D batteries what they are, the battery packs pay for themselves rather quickly. But, you need to take care of them.

 

batteries need to be fully charged before storing them. If you put dead battery away or an almost dead batery away it will go bad. I have been using mine for at least 4 years with no problems. With the cost of the d batteries what they are, the battery packs pay for themselves rather quickly. But, you need to take care of them.

ive bought 3 of these wildgame innovations battery packs in past couple of years and each one the 6v edreniline rechargable batteries that come with the battery pack we're dead on arrival. I called the company-wildgame innovations and they said if they set on the shelf long they won't take a charge. If you put a test light on them they'll show no fire. I tried charging them also with a different moultie 6v charger and light would stay on indefiniely and not ever go off as instructions dictated.
The company told me it's a good idea to charge them at least every 45 days, and especially the ones not in use all season on the deer feeders or trailcams. I believe the company should just sell the charger by itself and let the customer get the batteries from walmart or ebay.
This would save them money on returning new batteries to the customer and we the hunters would have less headaches getting our trailcams up and going. They pretty slow about getting them out to you and having to register the product and send receipt evidence before processing you're order. They sure do help the older wilgame innovations trailcam models that use the "c" batteries out and swap 2 6v batteries about every 45 days has worked good for me

 

I saw this on youtube- Try to unplug the charger and plug it back in slightlly as to flicker the charge, it appeared to make the battery take the charge after this was done. Nothing to lose for trying it.

 

Thanks guys for the information. If nothing else, I may have learned a lesson the hard way. Anyone else?

 

I saw also trying to get these dead rechargable 6v batteries new life was take car battery charger and put the black ground cable on the negative post of the battery and touch the positive tab 3 times quickly and then hold it on steady for less than 3 seconds at the most.--test with light tester or meter to see if any changes. Try this one more time the same way as described earlier.

Warning--it said to wear long sleeves and pants and safety glasses with gloves for safety, but just as a precation. I got 4 of them that was bad from 2 different orders that we're dead on arrival that i'm going to try out soon. Hate to throw them away if that would work.

Also saw a video of using a welder to bump it at low setting at that worked also. They say these liquid acid type rechargables are hard to rise from the dead. Hope this helps and be patient waiting on replacements and be careful!!

I noticed in the last month these external chargers prices shot up a lot--$30.00 more at walmart just in one month.--these battery problems is eating up the company's profits i guess--lol