David Moyle wrote:
Evening all!
<elsnipo>

I'm still slightly surprised that it's a firmware issue and not something
electrical/physical!

All Modern battery packs have a micro controller inside them, these run firmware (as it is not on a removable media) 90% of problems can be fixed with a software update :)

I used to design intelligent chargers for Li* batteries, the hardware was designed in a day, the firmware took about 6 months to design and test. Even then we had a fault when the manufacturer changed the battery packs mid production ( new pack could not be charged at the high rate due to the internal temperature altering the electrical characteristics of the charge cycle.

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Regards,

Kat.

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