Mychron Battery life

Ray Lovestead · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 6:41 pm Post subject: Mychron Battery life

I find that my batteries go dead way faster than they should. Has anyone check the current draw when 'off'? I suspect that 'off' isn't truly so.

I was thinking of putting in a switch to disconnect the batteries. Would that kill the memory?

Thanks

Ray
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Jim McMahon · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 7:23 am Post subject:

Memory is flash/NV so if you cut the power it will keep everything in there. There might be a parasitic loss of sorts but before you go putting switch in there, have you been using Li batteries? If not, I would suggest that first.
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patrick slattery · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 8:42 am Post subject:

If your running a GPS with no outside battery source, you can expect high consumption rate.

gregg boyce · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 10:00 am Post subject:

Get some 9v lithium batteries. They'll last longer and they're lighter so they'll improve your C.o.G. Laughing

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Seriously, though I used these I was quite happy with them
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Ray Lovestead · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 10:26 pm Post subject:

no GPS. I'll try the lithium batteries next.

Thanks guys.
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Mike McKnight · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:30 pm Post subject:

Ray there have been several firmware updates to the M4 and at least one of them addressed battery management. You may need to update it if you have a key or send it to us for updating.

Mike

Ken Schilling · Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Posts: 1338

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Make sure to manually turn it off when you come off track or any other time the engine isn't running. While yes, it will turn itself off automatically when it sits without any input (meaning RPM), you can save those few minutes by turning it off yourself.

Also, no need to manually turn it on as it automatically turns on when you start the engine.
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