jmdlcar
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- Maxi, Mobius 2
I just order one of these. https://www.ebay.com/itm/333107016531 I can check my PowerADD to
I just order one of these. https://www.ebay.com/itm/333107016531 I can check my PowerADD to
I have a similar USB meter which I too find very useful. As you say, you can see the real-time current draw of a connected device, and also see the cumulative mAh.I have one of those KEWEISI brand USB volt/current meters and I really like it. Aside from providing pretty accurate voltage and amperage readings, it has a really cool feature that I find very useful on occasion. It has a built-in timer as indicated by the letter "T" read-out pointed to by the red arrow and it also records accumulated current throughput just below that.
Are you suggesting that the Maxi only uses ~150mAh of its 950mAh capacity, and leaves 800mAh as a residual charge?Since it is unsafe and also unwise for longevity reasons to actually run a lithium battery stone cold flat, all chargers, including I assume the charging circuitry in a Maxi camera, will cut off the power drain with a protection circuit before the battery reaches zero voltage I wonder if the delivered charge of 131mAh is indicative of that. Could the "missing" amperage have been a residual charge intentionally left in the battery by the camera's circuitry?
Do you think BlitzWolf dual power charger would be good for powering Mobius1 and Maxi ? I've read a review on their Type-C + QC2 car charger which was very impressiveMany 12V USB car chargers you'll find on the market today are cheaply made crap. I suggest investing in a good name brand one that comes with a good warranty and a customer service number to call such as Anker, Aukey, RAVpower or similar. These will have good voltage regulation and current management/monitoring and will be built to a higher standard. The cheap ones, even if rated for enough current can cause more problems than they solve. They "might" be OK for occasionally charging a phone but could end up damaging your dash camera when they are in use for long periods of time.
Are you suggesting that the Maxi only uses ~150mAh of its 950mAh capacity, and leaves 800mAh as a residual charge?
Are you suggesting that the Maxi only uses ~150mAh of its 950mAh capacity, and leaves 800mAh as a residual charge?
No. 0.14A was the current drawn by the Maxi when it was charging from 'flat', which I thought was rather low.Sorry, not quite. I probably could have stated that better. I'm just wondering how much capacity is generally left in the Maxi battery after "the battery went flat". Is that the 0.14A you refer to?
I re-charged the Maxi from empty to full. This time it absorbed 164mAh, slightly more than before, but a long way short of 950mAh.you can roughly determine the state of wear by comparing run-time in a device when new versus now. When you reach 25% of the original run-time the battery/cell is pretty much shot and should be replaced.
I'm going to buy a capacitor to replace the worn-out battery.
I'm not sure either. My local reseller has a lot of them in stock so I know I can buy just one. The last I heard direct from Mobius was to contact them via eletoponline365 to place a capacitor order.I'm still not clear, is Mobius currently selling and shipping individual super-capacitor modules for the Maxi? Last I heard they were declining to ship individual Mobius super-caps not already installed in cameras due to some issue with "regulations".
I'm not sure either. My local reseller has a lot of them in stock so I know I can buy just one. The last I heard direct from Mobius was to contact them via eletoponline365 to place a capacitor order.
so just when I thought the Maxi was getting reliable (kind of), it froze on me again today. it wasn't even hot so that can't be the issue (touched it and it was okay) . it just stopped recording. couldn't turn it off , or on.
managed it get it back recording after a reset, and then again it stopped recording. turned it off and it was working again. couldn't get it to wifi mode after that, no matter what i tried, so no idea about it's current settings after the reset.
i'm really annoyed by this. hope they will release that fw real soon, might be switching back to Mobius1 if the situation doesn't improve :-/
and this is with a new 128 Transcend card
haven't tried that. only flashed its firmware once, when i got it. i'll tryI forget if this was mentioned earlier but have you tried re-flashing the firmware with a freshly downloaded copy? Often re-installing the firmware can fix an issue like this.
haven't tried that. only flashed its firmware once, when i got it. i'll try