Etrex vista HCx and power (battery) issue
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:00 am
Hi.
While the eTrex Vista HCx is a very old unit, i sill have one.
The unit is running on rechargable NiMH batteries, setting is set to NiMH.
If the unit has been off for some time (over night or longer) even if the batteries are freshly re-charged it often happens that during the first 20-30 minutes the unit just dies, in the same way as if the batteries were dead. I can restart the unit and then it may die again once or twice, but after that it usually runs for the expected 15-25 hours on a newly charged pair of batteries.
I currently run eneloop pro batteries (2450 mAh) but have used many different over the years, i have noticed that the problem occurs more frequently with batteries with a lower currentTime (mAh) value. For some reason this issue is getting worse by the years.
Has anyone else observed this?
Does it sound like primarily a battery issue or a unit issue (the unit starts to break) or because of slightly more advanced maps the unit uses more power than it should and dies when there is not enough current?
While the eTrex Vista HCx is a very old unit, i sill have one.
The unit is running on rechargable NiMH batteries, setting is set to NiMH.
If the unit has been off for some time (over night or longer) even if the batteries are freshly re-charged it often happens that during the first 20-30 minutes the unit just dies, in the same way as if the batteries were dead. I can restart the unit and then it may die again once or twice, but after that it usually runs for the expected 15-25 hours on a newly charged pair of batteries.
I currently run eneloop pro batteries (2450 mAh) but have used many different over the years, i have noticed that the problem occurs more frequently with batteries with a lower currentTime (mAh) value. For some reason this issue is getting worse by the years.
Has anyone else observed this?
Does it sound like primarily a battery issue or a unit issue (the unit starts to break) or because of slightly more advanced maps the unit uses more power than it should and dies when there is not enough current?