My 800 ran two set of batteries down in less than 30 minutes on each set. I set the back light to only come on a few channels. One set is 2900's & the others are 2700. What would kill them so fast?
My 800 ran two set of batteries down in less than 30 minutes on each set. I set the back light to only come on a few channels. One set is 2900's & the others are 2700. What would kill them so fast?
Did you really fully drain the batteries or base the drain time on the battery icon?
I ran for about 9 hours on a set of Sanyo Eneloop NiMH batteries yesterday - backlight off but active on voice for all talkgroups, recording audio (2 1/2 hours of recordings to the SD card).
The battery icon showed nearly or completely empty for 4 hours but kept going; from the time of 1-2 bars to shutdown was about 7 hours.
The icon is a bit misleading and some adjustments are probably needed.
My main set is Sanyo 2900's.
They're 2900 mAh
I would get a new maha charger as it's impossible to eat up a good set of batteries in an hour unless the radio is too hot to touch. It is that much juice you would have to dissipate.
Did you really fully drain the batteries or base the drain time on the battery icon?
I ran for about 9 hours on a set of Sanyo Eneloop NiMH batteries yesterday - backlight off but active on voice for all talkgroups, recording audio (2 1/2 hours of recordings to the SD card).
The battery icon showed nearly or completely empty for 4 hours but kept going; from the time of 1-2 bars to shutdown was about 7 hours.
The icon is a bit misleading and some adjustments are probably needed.