Battery Question Ace 250

[andrew9091]

Hey guys....When detecting with your ace 250, do you guys wait until you are down to one or two bars before changing the batteries ? Or do you wait until just one bar is gone ? Ive noticed the detector may not work as well if it is not 100% charged...When do you guys change your batteries ?
Thanks.
Sincerely.
The Land Man

 

[oldranger]

I go with one but i learend from
the folks here to check all the
batteries with a tetster ..its usually
one thats bad ..replace it and
the scale should read as new..
it works ive tried it and im not
technicllaly smart!!

Ron

Rangers Lead The Way

 

[MNCoinhunter]

I can run my Ace 250 until there is one bar, and then I will change them. I've never seen a decrease in performance doing this. Although it may vary from machine to machine..don't know why it would though.

 

[murfar1]

Ditto what McDave said. Mine seems to run with no apparent problems down to 1 bar. I change out all 4 when it gets down to 1 bar just cuz I don't wanta get left high n dry out in the field. If I started changing out just 1 or 2 of em, not sure I could keep it all straight and know which ones to swap out next.

 

[BusDigger]

If I'm running rechargables, I'll swap them for a fresh set (of rechargables) well after losing 1 bar, but before losing the 2nd. If I'm using throw-aways, I'll swap them out after 2 bars are gone, but before losing the 3rd one, then these batteries see the remainder of their life in one of my small mag-lites or in my digital camera.

Smitty

 

[oakhunter27]

same as Busdigger rechargeable and just re charge every time i get home

 

[Uncle Willy]

I change at one bar.

Bill

 

[andrew9091]

awesome...Thanks guys ! Happy Hunting !!
Land Man

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah and using headphones more than doubles battery life. The speaker sucks up the most juice of anything on the detector.

Bill