LiPol battery problems

[sowerby]

I've had the Standard Power Bundle for over a year (not sure exactly how long) and now the battery won't charge. The screen display suggests that is charging OK, but once you disconnect the charger (even after 8 hours of being on charge) the battery life is only one green bar that quickly turns red.

I guess this means that the battery needs replacing. At most I use it once a week, so this feels like a very short life compared to normal rechargable batteries. And a replacement battery is £30.63!!

Has anyone had this problem and/or got any thoughts?

[Bosun]

Only stabbing in the dark but might it be the charger ?

Could you possibly borrow a battery from someone else and try it out,or use your charger on their Satmap ?

Contacting Satmap may be of assistance before you pay out for another battery.

I have had mine well over a year and still OK.

Ian

[rothers]

Had my Lipol for 2 years now, still working great.

[Pocketgps]

From my experience of using li-poly batts with rc cars and helis its a gonna I’m afraid. Even though its difficult to do with the standard batt gauge on nav devices etc, the batt should be left at about 70% charged when not in use to give the batt a longish life. As you may know, the batts are made up of several cells depending on the voltage, and its usually just one cell that dies.

[Bosun]

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