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Subject: [Leica] DMR Battery Information
From: jnelon at netvigator.com (James R. Nelon)
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:29:27 -0400
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Gary,

Do you have any data from your use of the re-celled battery yet? I'm
planning to send my batteries in to him if his solution works.

Jim Nelon

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From: lug-bounces+jnelon=netvigator.com at leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jnelon=netvigator.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
Gary
Pinkerton
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 5:08 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] DMR Battery Information


Wish I knew Jim.
I'm going to try out a re-celled battery over the week-end. 
I just got it from Michael B.
He and I are both anxious to see how it performs :) Gary
 
> From: jnelon at netvigator.com
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:46:10 -0400
> CC: MichaelBass at GMail.com
> Subject: [Leica] DMR Battery Information
> 
> I want to share some information with the LUG about DMR batteries. 
> I've got four DMR batteries, two of which are showing signs of 
> fatigue. I had an interesting conversation with Michael Bass about 
> rebuilding the batteries with fresh cells. One of the DMR batteries 
> reads half full after a full fresh charge. Using that battery, I 
> squeezed off over four hundred (nearly) continuous shots before the 
> battery expired. Yet in the field the battery dies within an hour or 
> so of shooting polo a couple of Sunday's ago. And I don't chimp. That 
> tells me that the main battery drain using an R8/DMR combination is 
> not so much the shutter power requirements as it is the "just being 
> on" requirements. I'm going to send the battery to Michael to have him 
> replace the cells. But I'd like any other insights anyone has as to 
> why the freshly charged battery shows a half charge, yet it can provide
over 400 quick shots yet die in the field in less than an hour.
> 
> 
> 
> Jim Nelon
> 
> 
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Replies: Reply from leicaslacker at gmail.com (kyle cassidy on the LUG) ([Leica] DMR do-it-yourself battery refurbishment)
 In reply to: Message from jnelon at netvigator.com (James R. Nelon) ([Leica] DMR Battery Information)
Message from gpinkcp at msn.com (Gary Pinkerton) ([Leica] DMR Battery Information)