Nox 800 Users - Battery Life ?

Just curious.... anyone care to comment regarding the battery life of the Equinox 800 ???

How about the WM 08 blue tooth audio module ???

Inquiring minds want to know.

Up to my ____ in Pulltabs, Grant

I usually do 4 to 5 hours hunts and I don't think I've ever seen it display less than a full charge.

I've never used the module.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/15/2018 01:09PM by Badger in NH.

After a few deep-cycles of the new battery...…… it should stabilize around 11.5-hours of run-time...…… as long as you are not a heavy user of the night light nor heavy use of the pinpoint function.

Battery life of the eqx is very good as others have pointed out. Having said that the batteries power will slowly get worse over time. Minelab is supposed to release a video on changing the battery though

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Nox600, CTX, CZ21, Excal II and White's DF with 920i stealthscoop...I live and hunt at the beach in Wilm NC

NASA-Tom Wrote:
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> After a few deep-cycles of the new battery...…… it should stabilize around 11.5-hours of run-time...…
… as long as you are not a heavy user of the night light nor heavy use of the pinpoint function.


What do you mean by deep cycle? Does that mean running that battery all the way down?

I always thought you weren't supposed to do that with lithium batteries. I read somewhere that lithiums like to kept at full charge as much as possible.

I've been charging mine after each use, even for short hunts.

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/15/2018 01:23PM by Badger in NH.

Here's a link from Newark Electronics who posted Tektonix's ( best O scope in the world ) link on Lithium Ion battery care.
Its a PDF, save it for future reference.

Lithium Ion has its own specific guidelines for care and maintenance and it differs from other rechargeable batteries.
Lithium Ion Battery Care

Up to my ____ in Pulltabs, Grant

Up to my ____ in Pulltabs, Grant Wrote:
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> Here's a link from Newark Electronics who posted T
> ektonix's ( best O scope in the world ) link on Li
> thium Ion battery care.
> Its a PDF, save it for future reference.
>
> Lithium Ion has its own specific guidelines for ca
> re and maintenance and it differs from other recha
> rgeable batteries.
> [url=http://www.newark.com/pdfs/techarticles/tektr
> onix/LIBMG.pdf]Lithium Ion Battery Care[/url]

Not sure on the exact difference in care but isn't the EQX battery Li-Po(lithium polymer)?

Liths like a 40 to 80% charge more than a full charge. Manual says 12 hours....... but obviously how you hunt may change that....... disc, light, targets in the area, pp mode use.... even heat. 7 hours running even with the back light on about 2 of those hours and i still leave the beach at about half charge. The real question to me is ...... how many cycles will we get before we need to replace it?

TabZilla Wrote:
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> Up to my ____ in Pulltabs, Grant Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Here's a link from Newark Electronics who posted
> T
> > ektonix's ( best O scope in the world ) link on
> Li
> > thium Ion battery care.
> > Its a PDF, save it for future reference.
> >
> > Lithium Ion has its own specific guidelines for
> ca
> > re and maintenance and it differs from other rec
> ha
> > rgeable batteries.
> > [url=http://www.newark.com/pdfs/techarticles/tek
> tr
> > onix/LIBMG.pdf]Lithium Ion Battery Care[/url]
>
> Not sure on the exact difference in care but isn't
> the EQX battery Li-Po(lithium polymer)?

Its actually Lithium Ion according to my 800 manual.

Up to my ____ in Pulltabs, Grant

No real tests. But doesn't seem to run down that fast--I use it several sessions before recharging. Don't think battery life is anything to worry about.

dewcon4414 Wrote:
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> The real question to me is ...... h
> ow many cycles will we get before we need to repla
> ce it?


It appears to be a six month warranty on batteries which will be covered by the life span so any issues will be on the owners dime.

TabZilla Wrote:
> Not sure on the exact difference in care but isn't
> the EQX battery Li-Po(lithium polymer)?

Firstly, no...I believe it's a 25650 Li-ion.

Secondly, even if it were...lithium polymer (Li-Po) is essentially the same chemistry as lithium-ion.
Both systems use identical cathode and anode material and contain a similar amount of electrolyte...one liquid, the other liquid gel.
(So you basically treat them the same.)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/16/2018 12:05PM by Mike in CO.

As far as battery life goes, I've done two 5+ hrs hunts on one charge and still had a little life left in both devices.
(At least neither device died...and that's with some back-light usage.)

So, it is probably better, for the health of the EQ battery, to use the detector for several short hunts (2 to 4 hours) before charging the battery, than to charge the battery after every use. Right?

Any estimate as to how much shorter the life of the battery will be due to charging after every 4 or 5 hours of use?

Wayne

Im guessing the question is meant, battery life per charge. What about long term life.....how many charges before the battery would have to be replaced and at what cost?? Is it a specific Minelab battery that has to be special ordered? Perhaps later aftermarket batteries.

Mike in CO Wrote:
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> As far as battery life goes, I've done two 5+ hrs
> hunts on one charge and still had a little life le
> ft in both devices.
> (At least neither device died...and that's with so
> me back-light usage.)


Thanks Mike, this is the type of info I've been waiting to hear from users.

There have been few posts here and on the other forms related to real charge times, battery life, failures, long term storage, maintenance and total battery life.

ML has no recommendations for battery discharge limit but only long term storage recommendations.

Up to my ____ in Pulltabs, Grant