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Old 08-05-2019, 07:59 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by WaseemAlkurdi View Post
I meant "while in diags" not "while in the freezer".
Anyhow, I am uncomfortable about this, but (a) the rationale behind it is convincing, and (b) what else is there to do, apart from buying a new battery for no reason at all?
I suppose it depends in part on how long you have been reading along with this forum.

There was a member here that wanted to run a "current hazard conditions" report on DXG devices.
Snow hazards.
Alpine area ski resorts.
Outdoors.
In an area that **might** be above freezing in the middle of summer.

The devices where reported to be working quite well, even with their original battery.
I had to wonder about that one day, with a pile of Kindles showing "empty" battery icons looking at me.

And having a bit of electronics background (about 60 years of it) I wondered if the Amazon/Lab126 people had checked their designs at extremes of temperature.

Putting a Li-Ion battery in the fire while recharging it did not seem to be a good idea.

Which lead to the only choice, test the result of running the Kindles at freezing conditions.
Mostly just a matter of luck on my part.


PS: Avoid "diags" when recharging if you can.

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