Olympus C-5060 with PS-BLM1 Li-ion battery.

Charger:

Batteries:

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

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

Thanks Jeff.

... P.

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.

Thanks for the explanation.

Yes, will work outdoors and watch temperature.

Thx, ... P.

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

Jeff,

I found the external battery charger. Now just need to buy a spare battery.

Thanks for the link, ... P.