[mkgmap-dev] battery low because of DEM?

Tue Mar 20 09:07:08 GMT 2018

Hi Gerd,

Personally , DEM has little, if any effect using 2 rechargeable 2400 mAh 
s on gps64

Nick

On 20/03/2018 08:53, Gerd Petermann wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> okay, it was quite cold when this happened, but I think my Oregon emptied the batteries (NI-MH accu) within less than 2.5 hours when I used a gmapsupp with DEM.
> In the summer they easily allow > 6 hours, maybe > 10. It happened two or three times so I tried again with an older gmapsupp without DEM and saw no more problems.
> I think my device was configured to display DEM "if available".
> I am not 100% sure that the pack was 100% fully loaded, maybe I forgot to switch off the device after experimenting with it.
> Did anybody else see similar results?
>
> Gerd
>
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