AB batteries empty after 45 minutes...

[Piet Deyaert]

Hi everybody,

received one of the first Scarlets in Belgium, love the small box!
Anyhow, I'm using a viewfactor AB plate with Dionic 90's..
But after 40 minutes (I guess, haven't timed it) all dionic's are dead and the power get's underneath 13V or so.

Is this normal? I mean, does a scarlet really drinks that much?

Thanks!
Piet

[Tom.Wong]

http://reduser.net/forum/showthread....-s-Power-Usage


60 watt consumption while recording, and not very efficient power management at the moment. 40 min sounds right.

[jochem bakker]

no, thats not normal.
running secondhand Dionic 90's I get around 80-90 minutes per battery, with a side handle and red touchscreen. Are you maybe running a lot of external accessories? Voltage should go well under 12V before switching off. Maybe your batteries are old enough to fluctuate too much. Are you charging them with intellicharge function?

[Shane Kelly]

Should be around 90 mins unless you are running external devices.

[Noah Yuan-Vogel]

Dead at 13V? thats odd for 4S li-ion, camera shouldnt die until 11.5V and battery shouldn't read really dead until ~11V