Minelab SE rechargeable battery pack

[Old Sox]

I noticed my battery meter was more than half used the other day with only about two hours in the hunt. It was about 18 degrees and I wasnt using headphones. I would think that it would at least last for a half day hunt. Is there a performance drop with a less than full charge??

I noticed this also on the first two hunts I took it on. The meter would drop about a quarter then wouldnt move for a good while. I hope this pack aint defective.

Anyone else have similar results??

Thanks

 

[SNOWY]

Hi Old Sox, you should charge the battery for 18 hours or more before you initially use the battery ...

If you did do this, and are still not getting over a full day you might have a problem.

Very cold batteries can give poor outputs too!

You won't harm the batteries if you charge them over the 18 hours,
maybe if you give the battery a real good charge, it will pick up performance...

 

[Rick(ND)]

I think that is about normal with all the Explorers. Just off the charger they will show full power, but after a hour or so you will see them down a little until they get to about 1/4 down, then it will stay for a while and then drop again. Now I have also seen a set charged up, but the Explorer wasn't used for 2 days and it showed down a little when first turned on, but no problem.
When the pack is brand new you may notice not getting the hours you should, but after it has been charged a few times it will get better each time out, it is called waking up the battery. What I do with those I sell I like to use my Sun Ray SR12 charger and charge and discharge them 2 or 3 times so they will hold a good charge right away.

 

[Old Sox]

Thanks fellas, I was hoping it was normal. I did initially charge the battery for at least 24 hrs as I was scared of screwin something up. I am gonna take it out and see if I can run it down when it warms up around here.