viper 5901 remote battery sucks

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Topic: viper 5901 remote battery sucks

Posted By: way2qk4u2c
Subject: viper 5901 remote battery sucks
Date Posted: February 07, 2009 at 6:51 PM

Hey Guys- is it normal for the viper 5901 remote to die in about 2 weeks or less then i have to recharge it asap because it continues to say low batt on it.

How long does everyone remote battery last? This is the rechargeable one too! I thought it was suppose to last longer then a battery. Any ideas?

Replies:

Posted By: robertsc
Date Posted: February 07, 2009 at 8:53 PM

i have one and besides the initial charge i have only charged it once

and i have had it in for several months

are you waiting until it says fully charged before unplugging it

Posted By: way2qk4u2c
Date Posted: February 08, 2009 at 1:35 PM

Yeah it says fully charged when i remove it....

I wonder if i have a bad charger? i tried a different one and we will see if that helps?

Posted By: robertsc
Date Posted: February 08, 2009 at 1:38 PM

i charge mine with the computer

Posted By: soundnsecurity
Date Posted: February 08, 2009 at 3:09 PM

did you charge it completely when you first got it? if you did not charge it at first and used it until it went dead and then tried to charge it back to full you could have messed up the battery life. lithium ion batteries do this sometimes

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Posted By: way2qk4u2c
Date Posted: February 08, 2009 at 9:17 PM

No i charged it full the first time- im pretty good with batteries. Ive had R/C cars all my life and know the background on ni-mh and lithium batteries. Its really weird its no tlike the battery goes low slowly and have time to recharge it. No its like its on full battery for 10 days and the 11th day its saying low batt and ready to die. So i dont get it. But im gotta wait another 10 days on this charge since i used a different charger.

Posted By: way2qk4u2c
Date Posted: February 16, 2009 at 9:23 AM

Ok so i started this thread on Feb 7th with a full charge and now its Feb 16th and my battery is dead- this sucks!!! What the *???

Can i replace the battery in it?

Posted By: xtremej
Date Posted: February 16, 2009 at 10:33 AM

It should be under warranty if purchased and installed by an authorized dealer.

Posted By: way2qk4u2c
Date Posted: February 16, 2009 at 3:19 PM

Well considering i bought it online NEW and and i installed it myself that its not really under warranty. All i need is a battery replaced- the number on the battery is not really helping me.

Any one have any resources for a battery?