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p.1 #1 · Lowel ID Light NiMH Kit run time??

bought a new Lowel ID Light NiMH Kit and the battery does not seem to run more than 10 mins before it runs out of power? and its it at full charge ( i think...)

the first 2 mins, it will run full power, then it will dim down as it gradually goes out of power in about 10 mins.

is this battery defective? or this is normal.. on the website, it says it can go 30 mins on 100watt power.

the battery is NMH54XLRNC Nickel Metal Hydride 12 volt 4.5 amp Hour

thanks for the clarification

Dec 26, 2009 at 05:30 PM

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p.1 #2 · Lowel ID Light NiMH Kit run time??

well, that begs the question 'what are you using to charge up the pack?'. How do you *know* it's fully charged?

Did you do 2-3 'slow forming' charge cycles on the battery?

Dec 26, 2009 at 05:49 PM

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p.1 #3 · Lowel ID Light NiMH Kit run time??

i use the wall plug charger and it has green and red lights telling me that when only the green light is blinking, then it is at full charge.

it says on the instruction that it will take 3-4 charges before reaching full charge capacity, but mine still can only hold 10 min max charge.

Dec 26, 2009 at 05:53 PM

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p.1 #4 · Lowel ID Light NiMH Kit run time??

also.. it says it should take 14 hours for the battery to reach full charge, but mine only charges about 1 hour before the green light starts blinking.. which means it is full charge, supposely...

Dec 26, 2009 at 05:57 PM

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p.1 #5 · Lowel ID Light NiMH Kit run time??

well, either the battery is defective and not taking the charge or the charger is flawed and is 'false peaking' which is telling it to shut off prematurely.

if you have an accurate DC voltmeter, measure the pack voltage after the charger declares the battery 'full'. This should be accurate as I doubt the pack has any sort of voltage regulation.

You should call Bescor on Monday

Dec 27, 2009 at 03:30 AM

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p.1 #6 · Lowel ID Light NiMH Kit run time??

Try to charge and use the Lowel ID Light until battery is drained, then recharge over night. Do this a couple of time and it should gradually become better.
I have the same combo and mine runs about 30 minutes before the battery is in trouble..

Hope this helps.

Jan 02, 2010 at 02:41 PM

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p.1 #7 · Lowel ID Light NiMH Kit run time??

battery was sent to Bescor and they determined it was the Charger that was defective and the battery was fine....

i will get it back next week, hopefully will work.

Jan 08, 2010 at 09:33 PM

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p.1 #8 · Lowel ID Light NiMH Kit run time??

got the battery and charger back from factory and now its working... they replaced the charger.

per factory specs..it last 30 mins on full 100w power.

do you know around how many cycles will it take before i need to replace the battery?

Jan 12, 2010 at 01:34 AM

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