[mkgmap-dev] battery low because of DEM?

Tue Mar 20 10:00:28 GMT 2018

Hi Gerd,

Yes, more than likely. However, I do find that my Oregons tend to be 
more thirsty then the gps64.

Nick

On 20/03/2018 09:53, Gerd Petermann wrote:
> Hi Nick,
>
> okay, so it probably was coincidence. I've got 2 2100 mAh accus and I typically never have to think about them,
> means, on my long tours in the summer I load them in the night and can cycle more than 100 km without seeing a battery low message.
> In the rare cases where the message appeared the device continued to work for at least 30 minutes.
> In these cases the device crashed a few minutes after showing the message, so probably the temperature near 0°C was the problem.
>
> Gerd
>
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> Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] battery low because of DEM?
>
> 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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