HI Wayne, Luckily for you, the quite new (HP)IPAQ 4700 has a backup battery-Older (COMPAQ)IPAQ 36xx,37xx,38xx,50xx do not, so watch out!
Dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Carter Sent: Wednesday, 8 August 2007 9:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] PDA batteries from Dave-(snip) One last note, IPAQ's have no backup battery and if charged and left on the charger they do not start charging until the power is disconnected, so that if you leave one fully charged on the charger for say a month it will flatten the battery and lose its data, even though the charger is connected. I strongly suggest you make us of the full backup facility on the PDA when everything is setup, so restoring the PDA is quick and easy. The best bet is to have a timer on the charger that disconnects the power once a day for 5 minutes, then the PDA will charge again.(Great piece of design that)! (Snip) eh? My 4700 has a good backup battery, goes for weeks with no main battery charge. Perhaps not all Ipaqs are this way? Safe season Wayne _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
