Alexx Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 Is it possible to power th new MDs off the side car alone and not the internal gum-pack?I have put a freshly charged NiMH in it and tried taking the gum-pack out and leaving it in and nothing Which is upsetting because i am sure it worked like that before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 Hi. I've just tried powering my RH10, with the NimH gumstick removed and an AA battery placed in the 'sidecar'... .Well.. it certainly works, as you rightly say the same as in earlier units. At the risk of stating the obvious, maybe your 'side car' isn't screwed in properly, or the battery is flat - or perhaps a combination of the two... anyway, it should work for you, too... (I tried an alkaline and a NiMH rechargeable AA - both were fine)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexx Posted October 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2005 I cleaned the connection points and it started working again thanks for confirming it atleast does work when its just the side car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted October 5, 2005 Report Share Posted October 5, 2005 (edited) This is good to know considering I had heard that the AA when attached actually charges the NiMH battery ... Edited October 5, 2005 by raintheory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poodle Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 ^^ Well, that was always true (about the AA charging the internal battery), and it probably still is, but it doesnt seem to affect the unit's operation. They're probably connected in series or something, but in the end I guess the unit doesn't care where it gets the power from... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 ^^ Well, that was always true (about the AA charging the internal battery), and it probably still is, but it doesnt seem to affect the unit's operation. They're probably connected in series or something, but in the end I guess the unit doesn't care where it gets the power from...It would actually be in parallel to pic a nit, but the rate of charge would be very small, more likely it's like the supplemental charge the USB puts into the unit.Eventually, one battery or two, they will wear down.Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 It would actually be in parallel to pic a nit, but the rate of charge would be very small, more likely it's like the supplemental charge the USB puts into the unit.Eventually, one battery or two, they will wear down.BobTrue,To me though, since the rechargeable is just that... rechargeable... It would make more sense to run from the rechargeable, and only pull from the external (which usually isn't rechargeable) only when necessary. Therefore the external battery wouldn't need to be replaced as quickly. Doesn't matter much if the rechargeable drains more, since it can be recharged.IMO, it's just kind of silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 I'd like to have a 'sidecar' which can hold two batteries (parallel). This way you could change batteries on the fly without having to interrupt a recording. But given the rather low power consumption it ain't really necessary. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexx Posted October 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Perhaps it would be better to connect a lithium battery to the power in point.its only point 6 or a volt over and it would be really light. and it would power the MD nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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