Thanks for the info.
Now it worked, tried it a couple of days when I tried before.
I did post to there support about it earlier also, probably like many others
And it was nice to know get/confirmed it was a legit charger.
I have the same thing regarding the magnetic parts on my D4, only the positive is non-magentic, negative and the rails are magnetic and the validation check says:
"Invalid request! Registration unsuccessful.
This product with serial number of 8462548401078217 had been registered for warranty service on (03-01-2015 11:30) . If the first verification attempt wasn't carried out by you, please contact your seller before taking further action."
I googled my code and got a few hits including this:
"Finally, after validating the scratch code 8462 5484 0107 8217 on our validation page(http://charger.nitecore.com/validation), it showed that the first-time validation happened in last year and not operated by our sales! That means it is a counterfeit charger!!!"
"In this case, we think many counterfeit chagers are using this fake validation code( 8462 5484 0107 8217)!"
I see there is also an earlier post with someone who also got a charger with the same validation code
Thanks, I had a good look around Google wasn't anything concrete apart from the charge rate, that link seems to imply that just below 1.6v is a suitable termination voltage?
I charged my Duracell AA's on my new fake D4 and the cells didn't get overly warm, the termination voltage was just around 1.56v, the charging has finished and the 4 cells are now at 1.5/1.5/1.51/1.5v
Hmmm, fill the fake electronics with banned substances, ship them across national borders, carefully vacuum them out, sell the white powder one place and the fake electronics on eBay …. a business plan? Nah, that would be too much trouble.
Hahaha, maybe the guy that made them had a sense of humour and a cocaine habit
:D
Those that are clued up with eBay, this D4 charger took forever to arrive so I had to open an item not received dispute, that's still open and I have communicated to the seller via that case that the charger is fake but it would appear the correct thing is to close that dispute and then open an item not as described?
But I know from past experience to be careful though because eBay is a right pita when you do things incorrectly, I'm worried that seeing the item is well passed its estimated delivery time if I close this dispute I may not be able to open another item not as described dispute and then not be able to get a refund - that would make me mad as a snake!!!
I escalated the same item not received dispute and explained the charger had arrived but it was fake, I got a full refund shortly thereafter.
Here's some more handy info in regard to Nitrecore fakes, the video especially shows the difference between fake and genuine, my fake charger was identical to the one in the video:
To clone the electronics of the D4, I'm assuming they copy the board trace and then try and work out all the component values and also attempt to dump any custom programming off the chips to mimic the originals operation incl LCD display. They'll clone as close as possible but undoubtedly making a few dodgy calls either on undecipherable component values/programming or just by using rubbish quality parts?
Mine is cloned so well that even the hidden long press low current charging mode for small batteries and nocturnal mode that switches the lcd back light off both work. They've really dived deep to copy the device, the sophistication is quite remarkable, they've basically tried to do a perfect clone, not just in looks but also operation.
The earlier D4 clones(the earlier version with the WORLDWIDE spelt with a C on the box) from all reports were pretty rubbish, they overheated and didn't work very well for their intended use as battery chargers. The current clone(looks like they have been in the market for the last year or so) seems decent enough compared to say crappy Trustfire type chargers.
I should probably just throw it in the bin straight away but I'm probably too damn thrifty for my own good, I've tested mine with some AA and AAA NIMH and my experience thus far is that the charger works as I expect a decent charger to work, the charge time/cell temps and terminating voltage seem within spec. Granted its early days and I'm hesitant to try 18650 cells in it but seems useful for old/junk AA or AAA NIMH with higher internal resistance that are often neigh impossible to charge on home use chargers.