Idle battery drain.

[Ol' Sparky]

Can you reset the automatic drain by firing up the battery (in or out of the drone) for a second or two before it starts to automatically lose charge? Charged up a few days ago in anticipation of a session that ended up not happening, but still intend to go out in a day or two, but my batteries are down . Also...if it drops the charge and you recharge...is that considered another charge cycle in the battery history..even if it's only fro 75% to full?

 

[snailtek]

Can you reset the automatic drain by firing up the battery (in or out of the drone) for a second or two before it starts to automatically lose charge? Charged up a few days ago in anticipation of a session that ended up not happening, but still intend to go out in a day or two, but my batteries are down . Also...if it drops the charge and you recharge...is that considered another charge cycle in the battery history..even if it's only fro 75% to full?

Mine does that too

 

[Ol' Sparky]

Mine does that too

Yes...they are designed to do that. Just wondering if it's possible to reset the timer before it does.

 

[Deleted member 103366]

You can change the delay in the settings in the battery menu, from 1 day to days , I think, but they self discharge for a reason

 

[THE CYBORG]

Can you reset the automatic drain by firing up the battery (in or out of the drone) for a second or two before it starts to automatically lose charge? Charged up a few days ago in anticipation of a session that ended up not happening, but still intend to go out in a day or two, but my batteries are down . Also...if it drops the charge and you recharge...is that considered another charge cycle in the battery history..even if it's only fro 75% to full?

I just topped up a new battery that had 1 charge & it still shows 1 charge therefore I can only assume it will remember the % of the top up charges and add them together until they equal a full charge.
Obviously I could be wrong but it sounds reasonable to me.
If anyone knows the facts on this please add your comments.

 

[Deleted member 103366]

Cyborg I have seen a thread, either here or on the DJI forum, which discussed this. I never got to the end so can't remember the outcome but I know one of the suggestions was that it the ticker was cumulative.

 

[kidroc]

Yes all you have to do is touch the batt button it resets the count down..

 

[Ol' Sparky]

Yes all you have to do is touch the batt button it resets the count down..

Thanx! So just checking the charge level (one push) will do it? Don't have to actually fire it up?

 

[rbtmckny]

Thanx! So just checking the charge level (one push) will do it? Don't have to actually fire it up?

Yes, that should is all that is needed.

 

[Ol' Sparky]

Yes, that should is all that is needed.

Thanx!

 

[Ira E]

Can you reset the automatic drain by firing up the battery (in or out of the drone) for a second or two before it starts to automatically lose charge? Charged up a few days ago in anticipation of a session that ended up not happening, but still intend to go out in a day or two, but my batteries are down . Also...if it drops the charge and you recharge...is that considered another charge cycle in the battery history..even if it's only fro 75% to full?

I'm not sure about the last part or your question, but I believe I read somewhere that there is a setting you can make that tells the battery how long to retain a "full" charge before allowing it to drop and possibly what percentage to drop to... not sure about the "drop to" percentage part. I had that issue with the Phantom 4 I had for 4 years. . I think default is 3 days.
The way I solved the problem with the 4, and now with the zoom, is that I charge all of my batteries (3, with the Fly More option when buying the drone) the night before. Whether that counts in the discharge / recharge cycle history I don't know.
I also rotate my batteries in the drone.... Batteries labeled 1, 2, and 3. I use #1, and next flight #2, next flight #3. Next flight 1 again, etc. My Phantom 4 batteries were going on 4 years at the time I sold the Phantom, so I'm following the same practice with the Zoom.

 

[Ol' Sparky]

I'm not sure about the last part or your question, but I believe I read somewhere that there is a setting you can make that tells the battery how long to retain a "full" charge before allowing it to drop and possibly what percentage to drop to... not sure about the "drop to" percentage part. I had that issue with the Phantom 4 I had for 4 years. . I think default is 3 days.
The way I solved the problem with the 4, and now with the zoom, is that I charge all of my batteries (3, with the Fly More option when buying the drone) the night before. Whether that counts in the discharge / recharge cycle history I don't know.
I also rotate my batteries in the drone.... Batteries labeled 1, 2, and 3. I use #1, and next flight #2, next flight #3. Next flight 1 again, etc. My Phantom 4 batteries were going on 4 years at the time I sold the Phantom, so I'm following the same practice with the Zoom.

You use the same system I do...marked each battery and rotate. I usually charge them the night before or the morning of. Sometimes life doesn't cooperate with my flight plans though.

 

[OIS]

Rotation is a great idea. I have 7 batteries, 3 came with the UAV new and i bought the extra 4 at a later date.

I do tend to use the newer batteries on rotation each week and the 'older' batteries on rotation for the weekend for hobby flying