I have a battery that is misbehaving. Two charge cycles done. Cant switch on when inserted in Inspire. When attempt to charge light 4 on battery flashes 3 times, pause, then flashes, repeat.
Any suggestions?

See the video: http://youtu.be/vVcFenGk-Rw

According to the instruction manual, page 22, the flashing LED4 (three times as per your video) happens when your room temperature is not suitable for charging. On page 19 it says that the battery will only charge when the temperature is between 32 and 104 degrees Fahrenheit.

That is correct. But my room temp is between 25C and 33C degrees.
I think I may have damaged the battery when I charged it directly after a flight .
The average temp of a battery at the end of a flight is about 52C degrees.
So I have decided that this is my own fault this battery has failed.
I cannot with a good heart claim for something that DJI specifically states you should not do.

Probably did it but there is a firmware update for the batteries. It's included in the firmware update package under the downloads link.

wolftj.mindspri Posted at 2015-2-8 18:37
Probably did it but there is a firmware update for the batteries. It's included in the firmware upda ...

I can't even switch battery on! It goes into error state as soon as I press on switch.

Did you get this sorted? I have the same problem but mine is the 3rd light flashing three times a second (over voltage I think). It looks like the battery needs a "reset" I'm not sure how to do this or drain it as the Inspire won't come on when the battery is inserted.

it will auto drain after 10 days  I believe to 20%
After 2 days it auto drains to 60 % charge.

supasympa Posted at 2015-2-9 02:44
Did you get this sorted? I have the same problem but mine is the 3rd light flashing three times a se ...

No. I have stripped the battery to see what is inside.
Have bought another 5 batteries
I did the wrong thing to charge when battery just came off flight so I will not take this up with DJI. Have written it of to my own error.

Colonel Angus Posted at 2015-2-9 02:47
it will auto drain after 10 days  I believe to 20%
After 2 days it auto drains to 60 % charge.

To late for my battery........
I have stripped it and there is NO way I am using it again..

Please see my post here (with accompanying videos).

Was this similar to your issue?

http://forum.dji.com/forum.php?m ... amp;extra=#pid48688

supasympa Posted at 2015-2-10 01:45
Please see my post here (with accompanying videos).

Was this similar to your issue?

No mine is not the same as yours.


My error status relates to "Incorrect room temp" Page 22 of the manual.

But my room temp is not the problem.

Hey guys,

Just to let you know its probably due to forgetting about the winder pads that come with the drone for temps of below 5 degrees.

I flew mine today with them on, landed the aircraft at the end of the flight and had this error.

After reading your posts, i looked into the issue further and it turned out that the battery temperature itself was too hot and would not safely charge.
I had completely forgotten it was 15 degrees outside and ran the battery on the drone with the pads.   

2 minutes in the fridge/ freezer with the pads removed and it is charging again without any issues.

Hope i helped!