battery life

[S.C.Ring King]

Can anyone tell me how much run time I should expect from my new battery that came with my E-Trac. Its a NiMH 9.6V 1500MaH I fully charged it for about 18 hours the first time out and going forward I only seem to get about 4 hours run time out of it, I thought I would get much more than that.

 

[BH_Landstar_]

I had the same problem with the 1600MaH pack, but after a few hunts and recharging each time, I now get around 6 - 10 hours from the pack. When the pack gets down to 1 bar on the display I change it out for the spare pack with the AA's in it.

I use 8 AA rechargables in the extra battery pack that came with the E-Trac, in that I use 8 2700MaH batteries, this pack will last around 20 - 28 hours before it's flat out of juice.

 

[Ray-Mo.]

Because it will run a long time at one bar before getting to low to use.And as stated the batter pack will do better after a few full charges...

 

[Agseeker]

I can run for 5 hours and still have two bars left. Never been out long enough to make it go completely dead.

 

[S.C.Ring King]

I havde not run it completly dead, Thank you for responding eveyone.

 

[Rolladex]

The more you use it the longer it will last.

 

[ArnieTX]

Yup - I had the same experience the first time out. Read the manual again and it said they gey better after going throug a few cycles. They are very solid now after 5 charges

Arnie

 

[Neil]

also make sure your backlight is not on unless you need it. kinda hard to see if its on in the daytime, but that would make it drain batteries faster.

 

[Goes4ever]

Mine is close to two yrs old now and I have a million hours on it (well it seems like it...lol) and with an overnite charge i can hunt all weekend easy.....12-15 hrs