----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 10:50
AM
Subject: Re: [VADCFLL-L] NXT batery
warning
To add to this --- no matter what - we always carry 2 sets of four AA
batteries - one is a new packed set. This is a good backup for these
'just-in-case' scenarios.
Thanks
Viquar
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Brandy bergenstock
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wrote:
This
came across the Ga FLL yahoo group adn I thought it was important for
everyone to realize:
The other day my team had taken one of their NXT
bricks with them to a meeting. When we got home, the battery was
completely discharged. After recharging it, my daughter discovered
that the "Sleep" setting was at 60 minutes. The brick had accidentally
turned on during transport and since the sleep setting was so long, it
ran the battery down. We discovered that the 60 minute setting is the
default for both the 1.26 and 1.31 firmware update. That is WAY too
long!
If you have updated your firmware, you should check the sleep
setting and change it is a more reasonable time (perhaps in the 2-5
minute time frame). This way you won't accidentally run down your battery.
I'd hate for someone to discover their battery was dead when they arrived at
a competition.
To access the sleep setting on the NXT brick, go
to:
Settings
Sleep
and then change the time with the arrow
buttons
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