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ratebeer
10-22-07, 08:08 PM
I'm going through a battery every two weeks. I can get them cheap but am concerned about the hazardous waste I'm producing. Does anyone have a source for rechargeable powertap batteries and a charger? Thanks!

Ih8lucky13
10-22-07, 08:11 PM
Your concern for hazardous waste never stopped you from posting. :D
pinky
10-22-07, 08:35 PM
2 weeks??? Something can't be right, it took me half a season to kill the first set of batteries.

Snuffleupagus
10-22-07, 08:49 PM
Yeah...you should be getting several hundred hours out of a set of hub batteries.
NomadVW
10-22-07, 10:45 PM
Yah.. I go through batteries in 150-175 hours on the hubs. About twice as long for the CPU.
ElJamoquio
10-23-07, 06:24 AM
Huh? I put in ~6000 miles this year, and I'm just putting in my second battery this week.
merlinextraligh
10-23-07, 07:29 AM
Huh? I put in ~6000 miles this year, and I'm just putting in my second battery this week.

that's been my experience, something around 4,000-5,000 miles seems to be my average on the hub batteries, and I've only replaced the battery in the CPU once. (although I've also replaced the CPU itself once.)
Duke of Kent
10-23-07, 07:35 AM
I put in about 14k miles this year, and, while I only use my PT about half the time, I've changed each set once.

So, to echo the other people who replaced at around 5000mi, unless you did around 360 miles per day during those two weeks, something is wrong.
cslone
10-23-07, 03:08 PM
At least 150 hours from my battery.
merlinextraligh
10-23-07, 03:11 PM
One thought would be the setting on when it goes to sleep (assuming we're talking about the CPU's battery). Mine's set for 4 minutes. You can adjust it up or down which will affect battery life.
curveship
10-23-07, 04:58 PM
I seem to recall that some of the early PT versions ate batteries quickly. How old is your model?
cslone
10-23-07, 08:58 PM
Another thing I thought of is this year I had a bad battery holder and it was "shorting out", but that was killing batteries in 2 days each time.
damocles1
10-24-07, 05:21 AM
You have to use the silver oxide 303/357 batteries as well. EPX76 batteries are the same fitment, but will die quickly.
dmotoguy
04-21-08, 03:52 PM
anybody have the battery "number", i need to replace my hub battery and want to pick it up at radioshack on the way home..

is it the "303 / 357" posted above?
El Diablo Rojo
04-21-08, 04:10 PM
2 weeks??? Something can't be right, it took me half a season to kill the first set of batteries.


ditto. I'd call Sirus there is something wrong with your PT....
waterrockets
04-21-08, 06:37 PM
anybody have the battery "number", i need to replace my hub battery and want to pick it up at radioshack on the way home..

is it the "303 / 357" posted above?

RTFM, specifically page 26, where it tells you that you need 2x type 357 batteries ;)
Bnjmn
04-21-08, 08:26 PM
In any case- you can buy these batteries rather cheaply on eBay (the 2032s and the 357s) as opposed to paying $3/per battery at CVS, etc. The 357s are used for medical equipment so there is a pretty big market for them and the 2032s are ubiquitous as well.
R900
04-21-08, 08:37 PM
Check your firmware. I was going thur batteries about 1 a month, but upgraded from 5.33 to 5.67 and the problem appears to be solved.