Battery Wont Charge
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gherd
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I plugged my battery in to charge today and none of the lights on the battery would light up.  Checking the charge by pressing the button on the battery shows 4 bars lit but since the battery has been sitting since last weekend, I wanted to top it off.  If I turn the battery on and then plug the charger in, it seems to be charging.  In the past, I did not have to do this.  Same thing happens with 2nd battery. Any thought?

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stray_bullets
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Sounds like your batteries are fully charged. What time do you have in the setting for the automatic discharge for the intelligent flight battery in the Go app ?
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bluer101
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Turn the battery on first then connect to charger to top off.
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gherd
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It is set to 7 days.  It has been 8 days now since I last charged the batteries or flew the drone.  
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stray_bullets
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But if you press the button on the battery to check the power levels, it resets the clock and the 7 days starts again. Connect everything up and set your battery discharge to 1 day, leave it out of the bird for 3-4 days and check again and you should see the battery has self discharged.
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AG0N-Gary
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Run the batteries down to 20% or so and then recharge them.  This will cycle them, allowing a better charge.
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