question about my powerizers

[Butters78]

Is It better for me to wait till I get the red/blue light to charge them or should I charge them befire they get to that point?

 

[Bovinia]

Eric I think technically it's better to recharge before you get the red/blue dead batt lights, but I have never worried about it. I change my batts once a day, but I have run mine dead many times.

 

[Butters78]

Thanks Bonivia I wasnt sure. I want them to last as long as possible.

 

[markfm]

The powerizer spec is written for standard discharge down to 2.75v (multiple tests use that criterion, including capacity and total number of charge cycles).

I've never found a reference to minimum safe working voltage, which will be a value less than that.

I run them until I get either low output (both LEDs lit) or end of the day. I meter once in a while, at end of use and fresh off charger, haven't ever seen a really odd voltage.

 

[FranC]

I generally run mine dead..............

 

[arkador]

I always ran mine dead, unless I was leaving for the day, then I would switch to a fresh set before I left. Or throw a fresh set in my pocket.

The chemistry in the Powerizers should not care ether way. Technically, when you Buzz Pro quits firing, the batteries are not fully discharged, just discharged far enough to no longer fire the circuitry in the BP.