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General Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: djtecthreat on July 08, 2004, 08:55:13 am

Title: Power
Post by: djtecthreat on July 08, 2004, 08:55:13 am

I have an SL-5000d (if you havent read my GPS post) and i'm wondering about the power take on it.

I have a D-Link DCF-650W lan card, which isnt the best, but it works.

Even before i got the lan card, this thing sucks down my battery's power in no time at all. If i'm lucky i'll get a total of 1 hour from it without lan and 30-40 minutes with lan which frankly sucks when its compared to my old IPAQ and a Dell Axim X5 i borrowed from school.  

So whats the deal? i bought this used with this battery, is the battery going bad? should i expect more power from my Z?  what my alternatives besides a car charger for when its in the car with me?

DJ TecThreat

Title: Power
Post by: gdfj12 on July 08, 2004, 10:27:25 am

Dude, try searching the board here, many users have found/made external battery packs, car power adapters, wall warts, etc.  

Also the battery in the Z is good for about 1000 charges, which would be about 3 years if recharged only once a day.  Yours may be wearing out.  New ones are a bit pricey but you have to have one in the Z to use it.

gdfj12

Title: Power
Post by: djtecthreat on July 08, 2004, 10:31:27 pm

Thanks, will do a search.