Monthly battery discharge

[oliver]

Hi I left mine for nine months when i was laid up ill and it was fine with the half charge and the lite on the coil stayed on don't worry about it.

[Larfin boy]

Hi I left mine for nine months when i was laid up ill and it was fine with the half charge and the lite on the coil stayed on don't worry about it.

Thanks Oliver, much appreciated.

Gez.

[benny]

All very interesting stuff, any ideas on the cost of a replacement battery pack? Benny

[harry]

Pointless leaving everything switched on overnight to discharge it all because after a certain period of inactivity the deus goes into standby, which is probably why it said "no coil" when you went to it in the morning.

[Larfin boy]

Pointless leaving everything switched on overnight to discharge it all because after a certain period of inactivity the deus goes into standby, which is probably why it said "no coil" when you went to it in the morning.

Thanks Harry, much appreciated.

Gez.

[deltron]

NEVER discharge li po's they can explode. I learned the hard way with a £100 rc car battery.
Just use your deus and charge them before you use it again. If your going to leave it for a long while make sure they are 50% charged

[hihosilver]

LiPo's have self protect circuitry in them so if they explode they're probably some cheapo ones that shouldn't have been sold in this country, or Europe. Once a charge goes below the second threshold it becomes a paperweight, but your battery should never get discharged this far in a Deus. They keep a good charge for years and a flashing LED isn't going to drain a battery that much.

Always best to keep a battery topped up in my opinion as you never know when you'll get the urge to rush out in the middle of the night to go detect some beach after a storm or something and there's nothing worse than driving miles only to find your detector is dead on arrival.