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I'm getting a replacement camera battery charger for my girlfriend, who lost hers. Her battery is the LP-E8 pack from Canon.

I'm getting confused, because I don't know much about the batteries used in cameras. The battery pack is 7.2V, 1120mAh. The Canon charger for it has an output voltage of 8.4V. Is that right?

 

Sounds about right as long as you have the correct charger, almost all batteries including Li-ion batteries have a full charge voltage a bit higher than the rated voltages so it would make sense to be 8.4V.

http://www.camerahacker.com/myink/ViewPage.php?file=docs/Canon%20Battery%20Pack%20LP-E8%20Pinout

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I'm getting a replacement camera battery charger for my girlfriend, who lost hers. Her battery is the LP-E8 pack from Canon.

 

I'm getting confused, because I don't know much about the batteries used in cameras. The battery pack is 7.2V, 1120mAh. The Canon charger for it has an output voltage of 8.4V. Is that right?

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yes its normal for the charger to output higher voltage than the battery it is charging

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I'm getting a replacement camera battery charger for my girlfriend, who lost hers. Her battery is the LP-E8 pack from Canon.

I'm getting confused, because I don't know much about the batteries used in cameras. The battery pack is 7.2V, 1120mAh. The Canon charger for it has an output voltage of 8.4V. Is that right?

 

Sounds about right as long as you have the correct charger, almost all batteries including Li-ion batteries have a full charge voltage a bit higher than the rated voltages so it would make sense to be 8.4V.

http://www.camerahacker.com/myink/ViewPage.php?file=docs/Canon%20Battery%20Pack%20LP-E8%20Pinout

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