Slow charging Garmin Xero C1

[Krogen]

As stated, one on order and will respond with results… {:~)

Did you happen to try my suggestion in post #8 above?

(didn't think so . . . .)

 

[Big_Daddy]

Did you happen to try my suggestion in post #8 above?

(didn't think so . . . .)

You're killing me smalls!!

 

[Fire Dog]

Did you happen to try my suggestion in post #8 above?

(didn't think so . . . .)

Yes, and still a work in progress but also ordered the bigger battery as it was so reasonable…. time will tell if this is just an anomaly or that the original battery is just finished.. I had seen the 80-20 suggestion before but also like to have a full charge and one “defect” for the Xero is that there really isn’t a battery check feature to more quickly check the charge state. Just a generic battery picture.

 

[Krogen]

Yes, and still a work in progress but also ordered the bigger battery as it was so reasonable…. time will tell if this is just an anomaly or that the original battery is just finished.. I had seen the 80-20 suggestion before but also like to have a full charge and one “defect” for the Xero is that there really isn’t a battery check feature to more quickly check the charge state. Just a generic battery picture.

I'm not referring to the 80-20 issue. Rather, fully discharge the battery until the Garmin shuts itself off. Then fully charge it. The "gas gauge" in this kind of circuit counts charge (i.e. Coulombs). Putting it in perspective, current in Amps is Coulombs per second. The snag is these "gas gauges" have to be calibrated to know when the tank is empty and also when it's full. Like a float in a gas tank, it has to be set up for empty and full. The difference here is charge/discharge inefficiencies mess up the Coulomb count, so the circuit occasionally needs to be recalibrated. That's why it's necessary to take it fully empty and completely full. For what it's worth, if you replace your battery you're going to have to do the same calibration because it won't have the same capacity as your old one, even if the stated capacity is the same. Capacity shinks with wear unlike your car's gas tank which doesn't.

 

[Fire Dog]

I'm not referring to the 80-20 issue. Rather, fully discharge the battery until the Garmin shuts itself off. Then fully charge it. The "gas gauge" in this kind of circuit counts charge (i.e. Coulombs). Putting it in perspective, current in Amps is Coulombs per second. The snag is these "gas gauges" have to be calibrated to know when the tank is empty and also when it's full. Like a float in a gas tank, it has to be set up for empty and full. The difference here is charge/discharge inefficiencies mess up the Coulomb count, so the circuit occasionally needs to be recalibrated. That's why it's necessary to take it fully empty and completely full. For what it's worth, if you replace your battery you're going to have to do the same calibration because it won't have the same capacity as your old one, even if the stated capacity is the same. Capacity shrinks with wear unlike your car's gas tank which doesn't.

Okay… Down to Zero on the XERO… {:~)
Speaking of gas tanks…
Just filled up for the equivalent to $9.23 a gallon…
Always makes me laugh when my family complains the gas and diesel have gone up from $3.32 last week to $3.60 this week.. Don’t ask about powder & primers… {:~/