0801 without battery?

[leftlanehog]

Does anyone know or has anyone tried to run the 0801 without the internal battery installed? (will it run only off of external power with the battery taken out?)


I am no stranger to Li Ions.... and am a little paranoid about what the summer temps will do to my 24/7 installed camera.


Will the supercap from spytec(for the mobius) work with the 0801? (I can change the connector/solder....mostly concerned with dimensions/compatibility or anything I missed)

http://www.spytecinc.com/super-capacitor-mobius-camera.html#.Uz2ElahX-uZ

 

[FourEyes]

That's how I run my GS2000 (without internal battery or supercaps). Not a 0801 but the platform is the same (Ambarella A2) so with any luck you should be OK. I've had zero problems with GS2000 providing I manually turned it off before I turn off the power. Not a big fan of Lithium batteries left unattended as well.

 

[leftlanehog]

cool....I suspect it should work but I have some devices(like my Samsung phone and Nikon dig camera that will not even turn on unless there is a battery installed, even if plugged into a power source)

regardless, I'll wait til it gets a little hotter to "void my warranty" before cracking it open.

 

[Tobi@s]

It works with detached battery. Not using it without but once I opened it I broke the cable and it still run through USB

 

[leftlanehog]

great! thanks for confirming.

I'll update this thread if I find out otherwise after I give it a try.

 

[borland]

Not much to worry about with the Lithium (lipo) battery used in the mini. It's only a single cell battery and very low capacity (350mAh).

The fire problems are with multi-cell Lipos, where cell imbalance may cause overcharging of one or more cells, or more common, over discharging where one or more cells is over discharged.

Since the mini 0801 uses only a single cell lipo, cell imbalance is not an issue.

 

[jokiin]

if not permanently powered it's much safer, having them powered constantly is when it becomes an issue