Re: Pilot: Batteries-Rechargable

["Kevin Becker" <kevin.l.becker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Serial stuff *REALLY* drains the juice quickly. You'll really notice the
difference if you try to keep both your home machine and your work machine
fully synchronized every day; when you give up on one of them, your battery
life will go Zoom! through the roof (I only sync my home machine 1/month or
so now).

Of, if you're a developer and need to upload your program a lot ...

klb


-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Mathis <jmmathis@xxxxxxxx>
To: Pilot UV Mailing List <pilot-pda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, September 06, 1998 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: Pilot: Batteries-Rechargable


Sort of along this line... Is it normal to get only 10-15 days usage out of
non-rechargeable Duracell batteries on a PalmIII?  I never use the
backlight, but I do a lot of RS232 stuff (like using an external modem and
web browsing, etc...) I probably use it maybe an hour or an hour and a half
per day.

Thanks
Josh Mathis
jmmathis@xxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: David Logan <logandb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Pilot UV Mailing List <pilot-pda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, September 06, 1998 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: Pilot: Batteries-Rechargable


>On Sun, 6 Sep 1998 20:34:50    Tom wrote:
>>This has probably addressed many times and I apologise but I just got a =
>>palmIII. What if any NiCad rechargable batteries can be used in the =
>>Pilot. I have tried some and can only get a couple hrs use out of them. =
>>The non rechargable seem to last 4 times as long. Any suggestions are =
>>appreciated. Thx.
>>
>>
>Tom,
>
>I use NiCads in my Pilot 1000 w/1MB RAM.  They work fine, but once they
reach 2.30V (for the pair), they should be changed IMMEDIATELY.  Once a NiCd
drops away, the voltage disappears really fast!  They run at about
2.51-2.54V for most of their life, so it is easy to tell when they are on
the way out.  I use Battery Monitor by Peter Strobel and change them at 400
mAh indicated (I am using Arlec brand batteries indicating 220 mAh each).
As far as life goes, I get around 6-10 days out of the NiCds (about 8hrs of
on-time) and around 30hrs on-time (about 1 month usage) from Duracell
alkalines.  With the Palm III's extra memory and backlight, maybe less.
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