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Lost an entire shoot day to a dead battery pack in Tucson
Last Tuesday I had a full day of interviews lined up at a warehouse near the airport. We got through the first setup fine, but when I went to swap batteries for the second location, my main V-mount pack just wouldn't turn on. Turns out it was a dud from a batch I bought 8 months ago, and I hadn't checked the charge indicator before leaving the studio. We lost about 3 hours waiting for a replacement to get delivered from a rental house. Now I carry a cheap multimeter in my camera bag and test every pack the night before a gig. Has anyone else had a battery brand that just randomly fails on you after a few months?
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milam4226d ago
Did you ever pop one open just to see what actually died inside?
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