SDS100/SDS200: Battery voltage

[fanz1]

What is lowest voltage sds 100 will go before it shuts down needing a charge?

 

[RandyKuff]

It can be set in the menu...
I have mine set to 3.3v...
That gives me about 6.5 to 7 hours of runtime... depending on volume and activity...

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Mine usually shuts down at around 3.1 or 3.2 something.

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

It can be set in the menu...

Only the low voltage alert is user-configurable via Menu > Battery Options > Set Battery Low > Set Voltage. I don't believe this has any impact on when the scanner actually powers down

 

[RandyKuff]

Thats true... But the lower you set it the quicker the battery will fall in voltage under load (and give you the warning message) and shutdown at what voltage they have set for... It does not wright to the card when it shuts down...
As far as what voltage the radio will shutdown at, not sure what they set it to...
Not wise to drain liion bats below 2,7v though...

 

[fanz1]

Thats true... But the lower you set it the quicker the battery will fall in voltage under load (and give you the warning message) and shutdown at what voltage they have set for... It does not wright to the card when it shuts down...
As far as what voltage the radio will shutdown at, not sure what they set it to...
Not wise to drain liion bats below 2,7v though...

Good advice. Ty

 

[Ubbe]

Not wise to drain liion bats below 2,7v though...

You can only set the voltage when the warning comes on, not the turn off voltage. LiIon batteries have internal electronics that balance the voltage between the cells, if they are several, and switch off the output before the voltage goes too low that could harm the cells.

/Ubbe