Test/review of Charger 1.5A 3.6-4.2V (TP5000)

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I finished my setup and the LiFePO4 battery is charging fine but there seems to be one problem, the LED does not work?? What could be the problem, I tested the led before I soldered it in and it was fine then. Could it be the very low current draw probably not enough juice to power up the LED? or did I mess things up? My LED pins went like RED to Standby and Green to Charge. Or does the LED indication work only with ICR/IMR mode?

Current draw at input when checked with a USB doctor is 5.03V and 0.1A.

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Did you use the supplied led or you own? If you used your own it could be the wrong polarity (That could also be the case with a supplied led, but that is less likely).

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I used the supplied led. It was a common cathode led. Does this module use common anode?

btw, I finished charging the cells, they were not warm at all.Used Soshine 14500 LiFePO cells.

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I believe that the TP5000 requires a common anode or two separate leds.

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Well that explains. Let me try CA leds and I will let you know the results.

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Tried Common Anode and they work fine. Why on earth do sellers ship them with the wrong type of LED?