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Old 05-13-2004 | 09:45 PM
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mtomas
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Default VoltWatch accuracy?

Has anyone had luck with the Hobbico VoltWatch meter thing? To date, I have never had an issue with my rx batteries running out of juice during an outting. Regardless, I thought I would hook up a VoltWatch just to be safe. The meter tells me that my battery is almost dead after one flight! The VoltWatch will even give me a low battery reading after just playing around with the control surface throws for 10 minutes. This makes me very nervous..

Plane has 1 throttle servo, 2 aileron servos, 1 rudder servo, 1 elevator servo and the standard 4.8 volt battery pack that came with the radio setup.

Should I be concerned about this? Do you think this indicates that I have a serious battery problem? Or do you think the VoltWatch reading is not accurate? I'm not sure what to think because I have never had a problem before...

I should admit that once I left the battery on the charger for way to long - maybe a full week. Perhaps this damaged the battery? I have flown many times since my week long mega charge and still have not had any problems (other than the VoltWatch telling me otherwise)...