Verituner Battery

[John Ross]

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I haven't checked the battery, after different amounts of use, so I can't really say.
I thought I had sent a voltage reading, of what it was, 3 hrs after the charge, and then turning on. I can't find it, but I think it was around the 13VDC that you got.
It wouldn't hurt, to recycle the charge again. Obviously, you don't need the full discharge cycle, or do you?
I remember when I was on submarines, they used to have a quarterly discharge, where they took the batteries right down. I think I am remembering correctly, it was in the mid 60's.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
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  And now I tested the battery charge-state with the unit on: 12.8V and with the display backlight on high: 12.75V. Seems like that should be pretty good. Yes?

  Terry Farrell

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  Hi John,

  I charged my unit overnight - it appeared to charge well - from full discharge it was still charging after 1 hour and then 50 minutes later when I checked it, it had completed a charge.

  I used the VT for about an hour this morning - I installed the latest firmware (from 2003) and played around with that a bit to see the new spinner, etc. One of the new features is the battery charge-state monitor. I pushed the right arrow and kept getting an empty battery simbol (no squares in it, which would indicate a high state of charge). So I took the back off my VT to check battery charge-state and it is at 13.03V - which I should think is A-OK for an older battery that was used for a good hour or so (there are 10  1.2V cells, so it should really only be 12V, but I suppose like a car battery, it is usually a bit more when fully charged). But then why does my charge-state indicator suggest the battery is dead?

  Hmmmm. I guess I'll just use it and see how long it lasts.

  Terry Farrell

    Hi Terry,
    Immediately after being unplugged from the charger.    Unloaded voltage 14.204VDC
                       Unit on     voltage 14.08VDC
    Hope this helps.
    John M. Ross
    Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
    jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca

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