Topic: Nomad 3 battery getting rare

[F.O.Bean]

Well, just got one of those Power Plant Cd batteries, and CANNOT get it to properly power up the JB3. Screen won't go past the "EAX" start-up. Perhaps it's the fact that the battery is 3-4.5 Volt out?

Dunno...I'm open to suggestions before I box these bad boys up and send em back....

my jb3 has always ran fine on 4.5v

does it power up normal when not using the power pack?

[Tony B]

Whoops. too much bad acid for me, I guess. I hadn't fully charged up the batteries out of the box. 

I'm such an idiot sometimes. I'll charge em up and let you guys know how long these things work. I'm pretty sure it'll be in excess of 8 hours....

[caymanreview]

right on! keep us updated..

[F.O.Bean]

+T for your efforts, please keep us updated

[Tony B]

NP guys. At first blush, these things are really lightweight...thin as a CD case, and as light as one, too. There's a slightly shorter plug that attatches to the JB3, but that's no biggie, I guess. I'll keep y'all updated.

+T

[caymanreview]

hopefully this shite pans out

[F.O.Bean]

yeah no doubt

[Ed.]

running at festivals is gonna get a whole lot easier.

[caymanreview]

running at festivals is gonna get a whole lot easier.

def would, and waaay cheaper than a bunch of internals

[Ed.]

yep, and lighter than carrying lead.

[bagtagsell]

any news tony?

[caymanreview]

yep, and lighter than carrying lead.

thats one thing i wont do, is carry lead. i havent done it for sooo long, im not about to do it now

[Ed.]

i've honestly never did it, so i can't really talk.  i've always gotten off easy thanks to this site.

+t ts.com  hehe.

[ChrisV]

Yeah, these things fully charged should have no problems at all with the JB3....the only forseeable problem would be as they discharge they get to a certain point where the voltage it too low for the JB3 and it shuts down with some juice still left in the batteries.   But that is the way it'll work with all rechargable batteries, so you can't have it both ways...I think this way is better than the other way around.   Be very intested to see how much run time you get from these.

[sickrick43]

Yeah, these things fully charged should have no problems at all with the JB3....the only forseeable problem would be as they discharge they get to a certain point where the voltage it too low for the JB3 and it shuts down with some juice still left in the batteries.   But that is the way it'll work with all rechargable batteries, so you can't have it both ways...I think this way is better than the other way around.   Be very intested to see how much run time you get from these.

The KEY to this is getting some warning BEFORE the JB3 goes dead.  With the wally & lead, you have some visual indications.  Aproxximating runtime from a dry-run at home, doesn't give me any comfort level.  With a second set of internals, I've got 10hr's min on the JB3, and 2 wallys give me the same (minimum) on the V3 - which is as good as my 2 EC-90 boat anchors, at some 15 pounds lighter.  Then again with ALL batteries, I've got about 20 hrs of record-time without even seeing a wall-wart.

Rick