Just out of curiosity, how much battery life should one expect from a BN
mower? The manual suggests twenty hours, but I do not foresee this, even
without using cards and external drives. Am I correct in assuming that it's
more like 10 or 12 hours or is my battery already messed up? I've used it
from 100 percent to under ten three times and granted that I have used a PC
card and wireless card at times, my estimations have been around the 10 to
12 hour range in total life.
Thanks
John D. Panarese
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Henrichsen
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 7:38 PM
To: Braillenote List
Subject: RE: [Braillenote] problem calibrating the battery
Hi, Carol. I agree. Probably not worth sending the unit in. Just more of an
annoyance. I still can get it charged to 100 percent and as long as you know
the battery dies at just under ten percent, you know what to expect.
Also,
losing that ten percent means that you will not get 10 to 12 hours of use
out of an MPower. Again, not a big deal as long as you are aware of it. It
just means you have to charge up more often.
It would be nice if these guys would come out with a car charger or some
kind of external battery charger.
At 8/15/2005, you wrote:
>Yes, we definitely had some trouble plugging in and getting going again.
>I'll keep you posted and probably the list as well.
>
>I think it may be a hardware/software issue perhaps but not something
>which can necessarily be repaired even if you send your unit in. We're
>not planning to send ours unless we're convinced the battery isn't up
>to scratch and we're not getting anything like what we should with it.
>
>
>--
>Carol
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>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul
>Henrichsen
>Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 4:50 AM
>To: Braillenote List
>Subject: RE: [Braillenote] problem calibrating the battery
>
>
>Hi, Carol. I assume you have seen my last message by this time. Battery
>percentage reading on the MPower seems to be quirky at best. It does
>charge, but sometimes, for no reason that I can think of, it just stops
>aat some point. You need to unplug the AC adapter and plug it back in
>again and even then, it might stop somewhere else. Plug in enough, and
>eventually,
>
>you will get to 100 percent. I don't know if this is a software or
>hardware problem or if I should send it in for repair or not. I have
>only had it for a month and that is why I want to talk with other
>MPower users, off list if need be, to see if they notice this as well.
>At 8/13/2005, you wrote:
>
> >Paul,
> >
> >I'm not sure if my last message got through so (everyone) forgive me
> >if
>
> >this is a sort of duplication.
> >
> >Interesting. We've been having similar problems with the mPower and,
> >although it now seems to be giving us a correct battery reading and
> >we haven't (after all) actually needed to try the calibration, we
> >certainly have had to do that "big reset" for something, which
> >appeared
>
> >to us, fairly minor at the time.
> >
> >Humanware, I'll watch this one closely and give feedback if I can.
> >
> >
> >--
> >Carol
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> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul
> >Henrichsen
> >Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 12:18 AM
> >To: Braillenote List
> >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] problem calibrating the battery
> >
> >
> >Thanks, Don. I will try that. I talked with Chris at humanware and he
> >was surprised as well. I also had quite a scare today with my MPower.
> >I
>
> >had it
> >down to nine percent last night. I thought I would turn it on today
> >and it would drop the customary five percent. I was surprised to find
> >it was still at nine percent. I played with menus, moved something to
> >a flash card, etc, for a while in an effort to get it to drop, It
> >dropped ti eight
>percent.
> >I
> >decided to try loading a large book with the book reader. During the
> >loading, the MPower died. I plugged it in and tried a reset after
> >about
> >15
> >seconds. Nothing happened. I tried this for the next hour and still,
> >nothing happened.
> >Chris from humanware told me the secret and got me back up. I was
> >sure
>I
> >
> >had to send it in and was talking to tech support to get an RMA number.
>
> >What I had to do is to press reset and record at the same time. This
> >brought the unit back up. It was still plugged in and was at 93
> >percent. In no time, it was at 99 percent and working again, but what
> >a
>
> >scare! At 8/12/2005, you wrote:
> >
> > >Hi Paul,
> > >
> > >The problem probably is that at that high of a level, the battery
> > >is trickle charging.
> > >
> > >Try discharging the battery to something under 90 percent and then
> > >start the cycle.
> > >
> > >It should first charge the rest of the way which won't take long
> > >and then the discharge should start.
> > >
> > >I think it needs to charge before discharging to accurately
> > >determine
>
> > >the point where the battery is fully charged as part of the overall
> > >calibration process.
> > >
> > >It won't hurt a thing to do this.
> > >
> > >Don
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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