I was wondering about the internal batteries. I recorded (ok Todd recorded :) ) a few bands at Red Rocks on Sunday. Should I completely discharge the batteries before recharging? I'm used to SLA's so any advice on these batteries would be greatly appreciated.
It's a lithium ion battery which prefers partial charge, according to battery university http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm
So about the nomad batteries, has anyone tried the non-creative flavor? It looks like they run about half the price of the "creative" ones. It looks like they stuck a darned sticker on there to make it branded. I'm tempted to tear it off and see what is really down there!
never heard of the knock off jb3 batts. link? i run a SLA backed up by two internals.
li-ion's are fairly resistant to memory/over charge/full drain situations. most cell phone batts are li-ion and treat them like crap and have never had a problem.
Tim:
are the batteries brand new? If so, probably makes sense to completely cycle them to empty a few times to break 'em in. BTW, "empty" is VERY relative as the jb3 will only discharge the batteries to a level they're "comfortable" with being discharged to.
Quote from: dnsacks on September 23, 2004, 03:44:30 PM
Tim:
are the batteries brand new? If so, probably makes sense to completely cycle them to empty a few times to break 'em in. BTW, "empty" is VERY relative as the jb3 will only discharge the batteries to a level they're "comfortable" with being discharged to.
thanks Darrin, no they are not "brand new"... they came used with the unit. thanks!
Quote from: Rodney Ramsay on September 21, 2004, 10:16:51 PM
I'm tempted to tear it off and see what is really down there!
let us know
anyone have a link to the non jb3 branded batts?
what is the average run-time for 2 fully charged internal batteries for the JB3?
Quote from: Skydogj on September 30, 2004, 02:41:04 PM
what is the average run-time for 2 fully charged internal batteries for the JB3?
6 hrs