Battery Life (P3 back to P5)

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Patrick Murphy

• November 05, 2019 20:23

One cam has about 2100 pics lifetime.  Started off with brand new lithium batts.  Been in the field a month.

Just happened to notice a P3 indicator for the flash one night last week.  I didn't look at all the pics, but very few had P3.  The next couple of nights was back to P5.  Is this typical when starting to loose a little power?  Does it fluctuate like this from your past experience?  I figured once it got to P4 or P3 it wouldn't recover back to P5 especially with lithiums. 

Also, about how long will it last on avg once you start seeing P4 or P3?  Averaging 75+/- pics a day.

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  John Lockburner

  • November 05, 2019 20:25

  Yes the fluctuation is normal, sometimes the batteries can recover slightly. Lithium don't give you much warning, when you see P3 you haven't got too much time. You may start missing night pics with the flash and also missing scheduled events.

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  Elizabeth Swoope

  • November 06, 2019 00:36

  There isn’t a P4. Not sure why. When you have batteries on the cusp (right at 5.7, sometimes dipping barely below, sometimes resting and recovering to 5.7 or higher), you’ll see that shift between P5 and P3. P3 means 5.1, so it can actually indicate anything from 5.1 to right below 5.7.

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  Permanently deleted user

  • November 06, 2019 02:55

  I have one that I put rechargeables in.  It flucuates from P3 to P1 but only drops to P1 at night.  I assumed this was because of the colder temps at night, but maybe it's the flash?

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  Elizabeth Swoope

  • November 06, 2019 03:19

  It’s the flash. The flash uses more power.

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