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Anyone know roughly how long the Stellar Xtreme battery should retain a charged state? In other words what is the battery self discharge rate in % per day?
It's new, as is the head, and fully charged according to the instructions.
If I charge it overnight and don't use it it looses the ability to charge the flash head after just a few days and requires a long recharge - I lost a shoot because of it. Not what I was hoping for!
Anyway, sourced from Wikipedia - the source of all probable truth...
Typically, among rechargeable batteries, lithium batteries suffer the least amount of self-discharge (around 23% discharge per month), while nickel-based batteries are more seriously affected by the phenomenon (nickel cadmium, 1520% per month; nickel metal hydride, 30% per month).
I seem to be getting maybe 10%/day. So I'm seeing discharge rates in days rather than months. :-(
Is that abysmal performance to be expected or there is a battery problem?
It's new, as is the head, and fully charged according to the instructions.
If I charge it overnight and don't use it it looses the ability to charge the flash head after just a few days and requires a long recharge - I lost a shoot because of it. Not what I was hoping for!
Anyway, sourced from Wikipedia - the source of all probable truth...
Typically, among rechargeable batteries, lithium batteries suffer the least amount of self-discharge (around 23% discharge per month), while nickel-based batteries are more seriously affected by the phenomenon (nickel cadmium, 1520% per month; nickel metal hydride, 30% per month).
I seem to be getting maybe 10%/day. So I'm seeing discharge rates in days rather than months. :-(
Is that abysmal performance to be expected or there is a battery problem?
