Watch Stops Charging

Question

For some reason the fenix 8 watch will stop charging after a period of time. 
 It has happened a few times now and today it decided to stop charging once the battery reached 73% charge. 
 Unplugging and plugging the charging cable into the watch eventually meant that the watch continued charging again and reached 100%. 
 The problem has occurred with two different charging cables. 
 Is anyone else experiencing this issue?

mcalista · Answer

The watch has a pretty small battery 360mAh I think), so only draws a low current to charge. And just like most batteries, the current slows even further to a trickle as the battery gets close to fully charged. 
 Many powerbanks have cut-off protection at low current levels, to prevent them depleting themselves if left plugged in after fully charging a large device like a phone. 
 The low current levels as the watch approaches full are probably enough to fall below the powerbank's cut-offs. I find this occurs with several of my power banks, but the watch charges fully if plugged into an AC charger, or a laptop, etc.

3893905 · Answer

I have a similar problem with cable plugged into a power socket as well as into a powerbank. I have even used different cables but problem persists

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