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Does anyone know the reason why the G2 is so tuff on batteries:shrug:
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JimGilmore
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uhm.........(4) 1.5's Double a ia 1500 MHA at 6 volts.
compared to an alkaline battery which is about 650 mha at 9 volts....different voltage. 1/3 the capacity , roughly..
Like comparing a v8 and a pinto's 4 cyc engine...
compared to an alkaline battery which is about 650 mha at 9 volts....different voltage. 1/3 the capacity , roughly..
Like comparing a v8 and a pinto's 4 cyc engine...
On the battery issue as soon as the indicator hits one bar I change the battery - this was after I found a faint signal that just happened to be near my bag - the indicator had just dropped to one bar - so out of curiosity I changed to a new battery and the same signal improved alarmingly - I never detect with one bar now - the signal turned out to be a button at about 5" - had it been a smaller item I don't think I'd ever have got it.
I agree 100% Expllnut. Swung the bug a bit during lunchbreak today (yes I am addicted and happily admit it). Battery was at one bar and signals were weak. Popped in a fresh Energizer and things improved tremendously. Once my stock of batteries runs low, I shall switch to rechargeables...better for my pocket and the environment!
JimGilmore
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Sorry I am sure I might be missing targets....but I have spent enough time at the same park and even with just 1 bar for the whole time there I got between $3-6 dollars so I doubt I'll change the battery sooner. Till the find values get worse...
i don't know how i feel about changing a battery at one bar why does it have the one bar still left if machine is not working properly? i just use it till its flashing then go a few more swings and change mine then, it makes no sense to me!! if someone can explain why this happens on one bar then i will believe but if its just what you do because that's what you do then that's kool but if there's no technical reason i will go till i have to change. i.e batterys flat.
AJ
AJ
Having no electronic expertise, I can offer no technical explanation. What I can share is a seemingly inconsequential niggle with the GB Pro's battery indicator and/or the Energizers I been using. It is inconsistent. I have noticed this since my first battery (factory installed). After 5 or 6 hours of constant usage, the indicator can wiggle from 1 to 2 to 3 bars, then back down to 2 bars and then rise up to 3 bars and stay there at 3 bars for another 4 or 5 hrs usage (on the next hunt).
I have an LG cell phone that exhibits similar behavior...it can read 3 bars (full charge), but I know after 2 days of usage, it should be showing 1 bar max. No, it shows 3 bars, and when I plug it in to charge, the indicator shows it charging from one or ZERO bars. Anyways back to the GB Pro; I said to myself, "Dammit, this thing's bat indicator is like my phone's!" So if it says 1 bar, the battery MAY be very close to being drained.
Hope you guys don't encounter this little prob. I can live with it and really must get rechargeable batteries.
I have an LG cell phone that exhibits similar behavior...it can read 3 bars (full charge), but I know after 2 days of usage, it should be showing 1 bar max. No, it shows 3 bars, and when I plug it in to charge, the indicator shows it charging from one or ZERO bars. Anyways back to the GB Pro; I said to myself, "Dammit, this thing's bat indicator is like my phone's!" So if it says 1 bar, the battery MAY be very close to being drained.
Hope you guys don't encounter this little prob. I can live with it and really must get rechargeable batteries.
mmmmm interesting Hobbyist it sort of makes sense to me that a machine like a detector will need a constant flow of the same volts to perform at its best all the time, only experience i have with this is with the pulse machine where i brought a system to regulate the flow at a constant 7.3 volts, i know very little about electronics but learn a little each day, anyway that makes sense to me that a constant regulated flow will give best results, having said all that i don't know if the gold bug is regulated flow or not or if its just reliant on the power flowing from the battery, so if the battery's flow is up and down so is the machine. if the machine has a regulator to make the power constant? this i do not know.
AJ
AJ
There's a breakdown in the manual of what the voltage is at per segment lit (bars) 3 = more than 8.4 volts & 2 = more than 7.5 volts & 1 = more than 6.8 volts whilst 1 flashing is less than 6.8 volts. Question is if a voltage regulator is fitted to this machine (?) what's it set at?
I have 4 days off now so will put an old battery in and have a go - if I get a signal that improves significantly when I put the new battery in then that's enough proof for me - will let you know
I have 4 days off now so will put an old battery in and have a go - if I get a signal that improves significantly when I put the new battery in then that's enough proof for me - will let you know