Quote: (Originally Posted by
Outlaw)
Gilles hi,
i hope you are well. have you done your testing with this set up yet?
do you still use this way?
please let me know. another thought is, due to my upgrading, do you think or have you had any information that this works or not on 2.06? i think there wouldbe no problem as it would be just software, but i thought i might ask.
Thanks.
Spyros
I will continue to use this as an option. I'm still using a 2.01 version (that's giving me troubles at the moment). You would have to make sure your 2.06 has potential tolerance to 10V.
Quote: (Originally Posted by
wedivebc)
You are aware that by the time the meg warns you of a low battery voltage the 9v battery is stone dead right?
This is true and I have observed something similiar in my bench testing. As the voltage gets below 7V, the amount of current needed to power the solenoid pushes the cells beyond their Ampere providing capacity.
A big mitigation to this however, is the linear, and predictable drop in cell voltage as it gets used up. 6 hours of safe heavy duty usage (to 7V) for an easily replace-able cell is very useful IMV.
What I truly dislike about the Rolls Royce option (i.e. Lithium C cells), is they perform great for a long time, and they suddenly die. Just not comfortable with that fact. I prefer being able to monitor the progression of the depletion, and if I have any doubt, just replace.
Running down until the warning goes off ruins the dive IMV. Prefer to just avoid the whole scenario in the first place.