stages battery life?

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Delorre
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by Delorre

For the Stages users around here, how much batteery lifer do you get? I'm on my third battery just now after around 9000 km's. Last one lasted around 115 - 120 cycling hours. I'm curious to hear what you get out of a battery. Have to say, this summer, I travalled almost every weekend to cycling events (Centuries, races,...), so lots of 3 hour car transports every weekend. Don't now if the Stages is in sleep mode when travalling by car or not.

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Multebear
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by Multebear

You wake it by turning the crank a couple of revs. I'm changing the batteries around every 1-2 months. Your calculations seem correct, and I'd say there's nothing wrong with your Stages. On the upside, it's very easy to change the battery, and they are reasonably priced. Since I switched to Duracell batteries, I even got rid of the connectivity problems.

glepore
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by glepore

Yeah, sometimes transport will wake them. My V1 units sometimes stay on after wet rides, so I remove the battery after. Your life seem reasonable with the transport.
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scottmmw
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by scottmmw

last battery lasted 1400 miles, and some use on the rollers of about 3-4 hours.

dmulligan
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by dmulligan

My 1st gen seems to get well over 100 hours plus time lost in transportation. I don't have a log of when I change batteries so I can't be more exact then that. However better quality Energizer batteries do last longer than the cheap ones I've been buying at MEC.
I also find its worth using non conductive silicone grease on the o-ring to make the battery door easier to open and close and to ensure water tightness.

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glepore
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by glepore

Thanks for the silicone grease comment, been meaning to try some on my v1's. Where do you get yours?
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jmaccyd
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by jmaccyd

Yours seems about right. I don't get near the 200 hours claimed but certainly close to a 100 hours so not tiresome enough to be an issue. I have had to 'pack out' my battery door with some black electrical tape to ensure a good connection between battery and contact. I also tend to keep the bike with the Stages fitted in the house during the damp and wet GB winter.

dmulligan
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by dmulligan

glepore wrote:Thanks for the silicone grease comment, been meaning to try some on my v1's. Where do you get yours?

I'm using dielectric grease i got at the local hardware store.

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