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PIPsqueak questions

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beatkilla:
I would ask jon directly but want to hear other users feedback who are running this as well.

1)I charged the PIPsqueak up until light turned green(is green full charge or should i continue to charge for undetermined extra amount of time?)

2)So assuming PIP was fully charged now i ran it a show and after 90mins the light turned from green to orange,this was quite a concern as i could only assume that this was the low battery light.Inbetween sets i unplugged the PIPsqueaks output cable to power down unit.Plugging output cable back in for main set the light turned green again for about 5mins than went to orange again and i ran it for 90 more mins.During this last 90mins the orange light proceeded to get more yellow and dimmer as time elapsed.I was sure my recording was screwed but all seems well on initial playback and checking waveforms.

3)Assuming the PIPsqueak was now fully drained after this 3hr run i charged it and the light tuned green after only 30mins---->>continue back to question 1.

Humbug:
Probably not a lot of help, but that's not my experience in the field - I've used PIPsqueak around 5 or six times, typically for 2-3 hours at a time, and it's stayed green throughout.

Recharge time does seem pretty quick, sometimes as little as half an hour till it goes green.

I've had the light flickering during recording once, but that was because I had the switch set to medium for a loud rock gig, and I believe it nearly overloaded the signal. Recording was OK though.

beatkilla:
I'll run some more testing later on today.Also it seems that on the recording from the time when the orange yellow light came on there is a hum throughout the rest of the recording too.

Humbug:
Mains hum from a cable (or siting the recorder too close to the SBD)? Running too close to a PC? Those are the times I've had it.

beatkilla:
I ran a test set up in living room and after 6 hours power light was still green,than charging took only 20 minutes.That seems kind of a fast charge so im letting continue to charge anyways not sure what the problem was the other night.And to clarify about Hum im not sure if that was thru the PA or not although it doesnt seem to of been.

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