On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 4:11 AM, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > > ---- 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.
No, but its better than the 10-15 minutes i get from the original.:-) I'll cycle over the weekend, then i'll start walking again. <g> Dave > >> >> 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. -- 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.
