Battery Dead on Arrival?
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(02-16-2021, 08:16 PM)jferg Wrote:
(02-16-2021, 06:01 AM)Avamander Wrote: Is it possible that your watch was left in freezing temperatures for too long?

How long is "too long"?  I just discovered that our postman left mine in a weird spot, sometime today, in ~0-degree F weather.   It had no battery when I tried to turn it on.  It does power on in the docking station and does seem to be taking a charge (it's at 2% now), but I don't know whether it will hold the charge.

0 degrees F is almost -18 degrees C, that would most certainly do it if left for a while... Batteries really do not like cold temperatures, for exactly this reason batteries used in cold environments will have battery-warmer circuits (for example, Tesla cars).

Sounds like you need a new LiPo cell. They are really quite small and shouldn't be too expensive.
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Battery Dead on Arrival? - by mpz - 02-14-2021, 11:59 AM
RE: Battery Dead on Arrival? - by barray - 02-14-2021, 01:21 PM
RE: Battery Dead on Arrival? - by mpz - 02-14-2021, 09:31 PM
RE: Battery Dead on Arrival? - by barray - 02-16-2021, 03:49 AM
RE: Battery Dead on Arrival? - by Avamander - 02-16-2021, 06:01 AM
RE: Battery Dead on Arrival? - by jferg - 02-16-2021, 08:16 PM
RE: Battery Dead on Arrival? - by barray - 02-17-2021, 04:05 AM
RE: Battery Dead on Arrival? - by danielt - 02-17-2021, 04:08 AM
RE: Battery Dead on Arrival? - by Avamander - 02-21-2021, 01:18 PM
RE: Battery Dead on Arrival? - by Mpoint - 03-30-2021, 04:43 PM

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