F5 Battery Status ??

[coyote]

Not sure how to address this but What is the minimum voltage that the F5 will perform reliably? The current battery volt reading on my status bar is now 8 volts and the status has a 6 volt bar at its lowest reading. I'm a beginner and in the learning process of detecting and using this Detector.

Would like to inquire as how the voltage affects the detector and if the minimum voltage 6 volts status would seriously jeopardize the detectors performance and the voltage the batteries should be replaced? I'd like to get the maximum usage from the batteries before I have to trash them. Thank you for your assistance concerning this matter. coyote

 

[Mike Hillis]

coyote,
I've ran mine down without noticing any issues, except for when they get real low the unit gets squirrelly.
Run them on down to 1 bar and then be ready to change them out when it gets eratic.

HH
Mike

 

[coyote]

coyote,
I've ran mine down without noticing any issues, except for when they get real low the unit gets squirrelly.
Run them on down to 1 bar and then be ready to change them out when it gets eratic.

HH
Mike

Thanks Mike for taking the time to explain this. That helps this senior a lot & the battery status makes this easy to interpolate an what to expect at the low end.

 

[marcomo]

If you run the detector with the batteries at one bar for a while, the detector does indeed get squirrelly somewhere below six volts - it goes into reduced power mode and will only detect a couple inches deep. It's happened to me a couple times.