[NTLK] Battery drainage [WAS: "Re: AA NiMH Rechargeables"]

[Aaron Brigati]

On Jan 30, 2010, at 9:41 AM, Lord Groundhog wrote:

> ~~~ On 2010/01/30 05:10, Aaron Brigati at abrigati at gmail.com wrote ~~~
>> However, for some reason my 2000U drains any set of batteries
>> in it in about two weeks even without using it. (Any set, not just
>> these.) I haven't been able to figure out why.
>
> This is an interesting point.  I've noticed the same thing with one  
> I have.
> Not for 2 weeks; it's never inactive for that long.  But I do think  
> I have
> seen "power greedy" behaviour with my 2000U that I haven't seen in  
> my 2100.
> One of these days I should run some tests and see if it's more than  
> just a
> subjective impression.

It hasn't always done this, but I'll be darned if I can figure out  
why it started. I don't leave any extra cards in it, and I do have it  
set to turn itself off after a little bit in case the power switch  
gets hit by accident.

Aaron