From: Johannes Wolf (mp2100_at_mail-gw.estec.esa.int)
Date: Tue Mar 15 2005 - 07:22:02 PST
Try to use a tool to figure out the amount of current drawn from the Newt
such as AVIs BD battery status
or BattTrax
or NewtTest.
The current shall be around 50 - 70 mA (without BL).
Of course this does not tell you the consumption in sleep mode, but I assume
that in case something is wron and drawing a lot of current, it will do the
same in active mode.
If you experience a too high current you can start to pill out PCMCIA
modules that you may have inserted and check the current again.
This way I found out that one of my memory cards is drawing a lot of
current...
HTH
Cheers
Johannes
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Konstantinos
> Theofilis
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 7:07 PM
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Subject: [NTLK] Battery drainage
> Hello list,
> a weird problem seems to be happening.
> My UMP2000 eats up on batteries veery fast.
> In 2-3 days the (alkaline) batteries are consumed :-( And this happens
> with minimal usage (1 hour per day)
> And this happens wth every brand of batteries, bought from different
> shops.
> So, unless there is a conspiracy involving low quality batteries,
> something must be wrong with my Newt.
> Any ideas?
> Thanks
> Kostas
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