Black Diamond Revolt Battery Charging Hack

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I have an older model Revolt headlamp and love it. The only problem is that it was designed to only charge BD brand batteries which do not have plastic covering the bottom section of the negative end. This allows the charging lead to connect to BD batteries but not other batteries. This will produce a blinking red light when attempting to charge. The simple hack is to remove the plastic and glue from the bottom of other types of batteries and therefore allowing a connection. C31D1649-795B-401B-A1DC-E422DC2A57DB.jpegI did it with several different batteries and it worked great and gave me the blinking green light then a solid green indicating a full charge. 47553316-4B5F-4123-9F95-4F6CB0AED25E.jpegFYI this could void a warranty, cause priapism, and who knows what else so be advised.
 
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Great! I don't think I can risk the priapism however. Sounds very bad.
 
I have an older model Revolt headlamp and love it. The only problem is that it was designed to only charge BD brand batteries which do not have plastic covering the bottom section of the negative end. This allows the charging lead to connect to BD batteries but not other batteries. This will produce a blinking red light when attempting to charge. The simple hack is to remove the plastic and glue from the bottom of other types of batteries and therefore allowing a connection. View attachment 65459I did it with several different batteries and it worked great and gave me the blinking green light then a solid green indicating a full charge. View attachment 65458FYI this could void a warranty, cause priapism, and who knows what else so be advised.
That’s a great hint, I didn’t realize they did this the original set in my developed a fault in one cell. I managed to work around it with some tin (aluminum) foil thanks to your advice.
 

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