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Offline Chanher

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haven't used batteries for a couple months
« on: November 26, 2004, 02:30:27 PM »
Batteries were fully charged a couple months ago and I haven't touched them since. just found out I could tape tonight, I don't have time to give em a full charge, will they be good to go?  here's the batts:

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Re: haven't used batteries for a couple months
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2004, 02:53:37 PM »
on average batts lose something like 1% battery life a day, so 2 months would mean they lost about 60% of their full charge
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Re: haven't used batteries for a couple months
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2004, 02:57:35 PM »
damn! I better plug em in
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Re: haven't used batteries for a couple months
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2004, 06:09:55 PM »
I always top off my SLA's before a show if they have sat around for awhile,better safe than sorry
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Re: haven't used batteries for a couple months
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2004, 06:13:02 PM »
is it cool to just leave them at a low charge?? i never did find out.  i've always thought of plugging them in every other month to keep them up, but anyone have any expereince with that?
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Re: haven't used batteries for a couple months
« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2004, 06:33:58 PM »
keep all yours batts as full at possible as much as possible
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Re: haven't used batteries for a couple months
« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2004, 06:42:22 PM »
Quote from: creekfreak on November 26, 2004, 06:09:55 PM
I always top off my SLA's before a show if they have sat around for awhile,better safe than sorry
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