Thread: Using 7.2v charger as BackupBattery
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Unread 05-02-2006, 17:22
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Re: Using 7.2v charger as BackupBattery
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Originally Posted by MacFlightSierra
thank you all for your advice

[never actually connected the charger as I thought]

We disconnected everything from the controlller [all victors and spikes], and got 20 mins if playing time with the camera [and the backupBatt LED never came on].. I guess there were some problems with our initial setup - we'll be more careful next time we wire it


thanks again and good luck
20mins is still far too short. As a reference, ours will last for 2-3 hours before we have to change it (The RC doesn't register it as dead, but the camera has problems locking on). Something is defineitly up with either your camera or wiring.