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TwinStar:
A major problem is that somewhere around 11.4 V Digitrax becomes 'self aware' and starts doing its own thing. Fresh batteries is like crack to these guys.

G8B4Life:

--- Quote from: Alan on May 30, 2017, 08:43:39 AM ---I have found the powered down HC battery life to be very long. Easily in excess of 6 months.
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I can't say that I get that long storing my HC, not that I've done any sort of extended test to find out but it certainly seems to go down much quicker than that. Perhaps my batteries aren't so good, or perhaps I'm charging at the wrong ambient temperature, or perhaps my charger isn't doing the job, though it's specs are the same as the supplied charger, except for the input voltage of course. Hmmm.



--- Quote from: TwinStar on May 30, 2017, 10:22:33 AM ---A major problem is that somewhere around 11.4 V Digitrax becomes 'self aware' and starts doing its own thing.

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That sounds dangerous. I can hear the theme to Terminator in the distance  ;D

For the sake of research I read up on some of the Digitrax radio throttle documentation. They do include some sort of power saving mode in the higher end radio throttles but it appears that is for when in use, not powered down. The throttles do also take a 9v battery so there's half the problems right there with how long they will last; compared to a HC (those that know how a 9v battery is constructed will know what I mean).

- Tim

nodcc4me:
I doubt if my batteries would last for 6 months. After one week of non-use with a full charge, the gauge drops down to about the halfway point. My batteries are at least three years old, and maybe more, as I was one of the first upgrades from HC1 to HC2, and I don't think Tim Ring changed the batteries, which were already two years old at the time.

The HC Sim takes away much of the discharge/recharge time that I used to have with the HC2.

Alan:
My first HC2 was purchased Aug 2014. Another factor that may be in play is the fact my batteries do not have a lot of cycles on them. As I stated earlier, I really haven't spent a great deal of time running trains. Mostly limited to testing with a little fun time here and there. I would guess my HCs have only been recharged maybe 10 times at most. I don't use sound or accessory programs so my HCs don't go through the battery draining download process.

My cordless tool experiences mimic this observation. When the tool batteries are new they will hold a charge for a long time just sitting. As the batteries get many cycles on them they lose their ability to hold charge for long periods.

William Brillinger:
If I store my HC-2 with a full charge, a week or two later the battery indicator will often show that it is near "low" but even so, the HC will run for many hours before it goes to "red".   

There is a known issue where the indicator will become out of sync with the actual charge.

Thankfully the CI-1 & HC-Sim eliminate the need for large uploads via the HC so it's not an issue to me anymore.

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