T22 Battery life?

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Should get a car inverter or a new battery?

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T22 Battery life?

#1 Post by Gamernotnerd » Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:23 pm

What should the battery life be on a T22? I've got two batteries, I think one is broken, it won't really take or hold a charge, and the other one only holds it for between one and two hours. Is this normal? I bought it off of eBay, used. I'll be going on a >5 hour trip in a month or so, and I'm wondering if I should get a car inverter or a new battery?
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#2 Post by jronald » Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:26 pm

You are not going to get 5 hours from 2 batteries
Count on only 4 then be surprised if its more than that.
You might be able to get 5 hours from 2 bottom batteries and the UltraBay 2000 slide in battery.
Here is the cheapest place I have found them
http://www.pcsurplusonline.com/index.cf ... rentCat=59
They also offer them on eBay

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Re: T22 Battery life?

#3 Post by Gamernotnerd » Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:30 pm

jronald wrote:You are not going to get 5 hours from 2 batteries
Count on only 4 then be surprised it its more than that.
You might be able to get 5 hours from 2 bottom batteries and the UltraBay 2000 slide in battery.
Here is the cheapest place I have found them
http://www.pcsurplusonline.com/index.cf ... rentCat=59
They also offer them on eBay

My opinion
Ron
Thanks, man, I have better ways to spend my money than three new batteries, I'll go with the inverter.
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Re: T22 Battery life?

#4 Post by Reo51St » Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:37 am

I liked using T30 batteries in T2x models.

T2x's used 10.8v 3.6 and 4.0AH.

T30 used 10.8v 4.4 AH.

Not much but at times every little bit helps.

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