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    Sandi Bohle
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RFR shutting down - Battery Issue??

Has anyone had this issue:

The RFR is not wanting to work when it's not plugged into its charging cord. It was working fine until a couple of days ago. I checked to see if it was just that the batteries may be run down and charged it for 24 hours. No change. It boots up fine, finds the base station fine. Works fine in every way. Goes dead once I unplug it. Could it be a battery issue? Could something have come loose?

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  • in reply to Sandi Bohle

    This has become a hot topic in the past couple of weeks.  If you generally recharge your RFR without letting the batteries discharge (or get close to), it will shorten the battery life.  So for those of you who use the RFR for a couple of hours a day and then charge it, you can expect a short battery life.  We've had a number of RFRs returned to the factory, only to discover the batteries need to be replaced.  

    This is sort of the trade off for using easily available rechargeable, cost effective (i.e. cheap) batteries.  You can get the batteries anywhere, they don't cost much, but their life cycle is affected by the recharge pattern. 

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  • in reply to Anne Valentino

    I know about lifespans of recharble bateries, and fully understand them. I'm wondering why the battery terminals appear to be steel instead of spring steel. If the terminals are spring steel then they loose their 'spring' too easy. As easy it is to fix the problem on site it's still anoying.

    Has ETC found a better metal to replace those manufactured/sold prior to 2009?

     

    Jake.

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