topic Canon 60d wont turn on in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Canon 60d wont turn on

Abike — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 14:53:45 GMT

What can i do my canon eos 60d camera wont turn on and it keeps displaying a flashing empty battery symbol when the battery is full

Re: Canon 60d wont turn on

rs-eos — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 15:04:31 GMT

How old is the battery? Note that the EOS 60D was released 13 years ago, so Canon no longer has the BP-511 battery.

I do see some non-Canon brand batteries at B&H Photo, but the Watson brand seems to only have the BP-511A. Canon's BP-511A battery is not listing the EOS 60D in its compatibility section, so assuming that you couldn't thus use a BP-511A.

The only brand at B&H for a BP-511 is "Jupio" which I've never heard about.

Finally, this could also be a fault with the camera. Some camera repair places may still be able to repair the EOS 60D, but you'd have to see if it would even be worth it.

Re: Canon 60d wont turn on

Abike — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 15:06:53 GMT

my battery is LP-E6N

Re: Canon 60d wont turn on

deebatman316 — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 15:15:00 GMT

Actually the 60D was the first midrange APS-C camera to use transition to LP-E6 series batteries and transition to SD Cards instead of CF Cards. So any LP-E6 series batteries will work with the camera.

Re: Canon 60d wont turn on

deebatman316 — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 15:15:44 GMT

Do you have any spare batteries to test the camera out with to see if the camera powers up.

Re: Canon 60d wont turn on

rs-eos — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 15:17:49 GMT

Ah, I see.

Hopefully the OP will still answer the "how old is the battery" question. I also suspect that the camera could very well be at fault due to its age.

Re: Canon 60d wont turn on

Abike — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 15:21:08 GMT

Re: Canon 60d wont turn on

deebatman316 — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 15:29:21 GMT

How old is the battery? Is it the original battery from when the camera was first purchased (assuming you bought it new at release or somewhere close to then). Or have the batteries been replaced since then. If the original battery I suggest replacing it with the current gen LP-E6NH battery pack. Any other LP-E6 batteries would also work too but battery life wouldn't be as good as the current LP-E6NH pack.

Re: Canon 60d wont turn on

shadowsports — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 15:50:27 GMT

I didn't believe it myself, but it's true.

Battery Health can be checked on most Canon Cameras using the following menu option, but the camera has to turn on to use it.

You can also use an Ohms Meter to check voltage, etc.

Re: Canon 60d wont turn on

Stephen — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 15:54:15 GMT

Have we established if the battery is an OEM Canon Battery, or if the battery is at least a reputable brand? Can the camera communicate with the battery? Is the battery capable of communicating with the camera?

Re: Canon 60d wont turn on

wq9nsc — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 16:19:54 GMT

I despise the LP-E6 family of batteries (I have a couple of EOS 5DS R bodies that use them) and they are the only Canon batteries I have had that failed to perform in a reasonable fashion. The typical failure is a nearly new battery will refuse to charge even though it was pulled from the camera with half or more charge remaining. None of my 1 series cameras have ever had this sort of battery issue.

A different and known good battery is the first thing to try if you haven't already. The older LP-E6 charger may not be as sensitive as later production so they may charge a "bad" battery and show a full charge for a battery that has failed in terms of delivering any reasonable level of current.

These batteries have two sets of contacts, one set for powering the camera and the other are the sense/info terminals (the smaller pin type). Make sure the large terminals on the battery are clean. It is also possible that your in camera battery contacts are dirty but if you clean them, do so very carefully so as not to damage them. A cotton tip with the highest concentrate isopropyl alcohol is useful for this task. A less than perfect contact will allow the low value of current used for charging to flow but at power up your camera is consuming a short lived burst of current as the electronics wake up; if the contacts aren't clean (or the battery is at end of life) then the voltage delivered to the camera will plummet and the camera will show a "dead" battery.

Rodger

Re: Canon 60d wont turn on

kodiakak — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 21:52:02 GMT

60d won't turn on without any indication completely dead. Camera off Remove battery, SD card, lens. Press shutter 30 seconds. Put on lens,sd card battery. Turn on . Still dead replace SD card.

Re: Canon 60d wont turn on

deebatman316 — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 21:58:49 GMT

Please start a new thread so we can better assist you with your problems instead of creating more confusion.