---- David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > Battery is here and looks good. I can't see a manufacture date on it, > but i got 95 minutes going from 100% to 58%, then it went to 7% in > just a few minutes. Not sure what that means. About 2 1/2 hours to > recharge which was about what the original batter took. > It is just a smidge larger as i had to fiddle with it to sit properly > in the battery frame. > > Dave
Get five or six inflate/deflate cycles through it quickly and see if that improves. Doesn't seem to be very good, to me. > > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:57 AM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 5:52 PM, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> David J Brooks wrote: > >> > >>> This battery(original from 2005) is just about had it. It will not > >>> charge above 80% and dies in about 15 minutes. > >>> Found a replacement on Amazon dot com, and it had 4 good reviews, so i > >>> checked the dot ca site and they had the same battery, for $64.00 so > >>> i ordered one. I'll let you know if it works ok in case any ones is > >>> going to try one in the future. > >> > >> When it arrives, check the date of manufacture. They have a (none too > >> long) > >> shelf life. If it's more than two years old, I would (and have) send it > >> back. > > > > Thanks for that info Mike. Never thought of shelf life. > > > > Dave > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >> follow the directions. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > > www.caughtinmotion.com > > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > > > > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
