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Originally Posted by avex_vu
i dont know if its weather affected, but i charged my birdog meter yesterday nite.. in the morning i got the install, after a min or 2 of peaking and looking for the satellite.. i left the meter outside for about 40mins it suddenly the meter is down to 0 charge!! the weather outside was about 35degrees but felt like 30 up in the roof.
is the battery dead how can i replace it?
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I feel the pain too, avex_vu :cry:
Now that the cold weather is here the battery performance of my Birdog sucks the big wazoo -- its really bad. I aligned only 4 dishes today and on the last one the battery indicator read 89 % and then the meter suddenly read "BATTERY LOW" and crapped out...
Good thing the Birdog comes with a 12 volt car charger -- or else I'd be screwed :shock:
I also notice that the signal strength reading you get in the cold weather is lower than usual -- but the actual signal strength of the dish is still good; so not to worry.
So I guess the trick is to keep the meter warm as much as possible. I'm now starting to leave the meter in the customer's house until I'm ready to use it -- even the cab of the truck may be too cold.
kat