I want to only buy Ego batteries now with fuel gauge. The model numbers with those end with a T. However, I am having hard time finding them and the new tools don't seem to come with those. Home Depot etc. only have the ones without the gauge.
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Prairiedog, Thanks for your reply and I can see your point, However, I have both types (but want to buy another one) and really find the gauge useful because I can keep an eye on the number of bars. I find the button almost useless because the tool stops so quickly after it starts blinking, that's why I want my next battery to have one.
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Yea I agree you really have no time, blinks then dead. But you do get a lot of charge so rarely a problem for me unless I don’t charge 100%
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The blinking red means, "You waited too long, I'm dying...now!" The "low battery" pre-warning is when the steady red comes on. That is the point to be thinking about wrapping up the area you are in and heading for the charger. For us it's about 3-5 more minutes or a few more long strips before blinking and quitting. It's long enough to judge how much more I can squeak out in any case.
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There is no steady red for mine just green the blinking red and done
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I realized after I wrote that you might be using the hand tools that don't have the light system like the mowers and snow blowers do. So yeah, I could see where the meter would be useful then. Hope you can track one down.
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Sorry I wasn’t specific all I have right now is a mower, and at least mine only has done green then red then done. It only happened once when I tried not charging all the way to 100%, like I usually do. Just trying to do what you all say don’t charge all the way when storing it. Figured I’d try to do that. If I charge it all they way I never have an issue with it running out.
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Sorry Matthew, I was responding to the OP. I never said partial charge? I always charge all the way. The battery is engineered to take care of maintaining a healthy charge itself. To your light issue: The mower has the pre warning light, it has to go to steady red before it can blink. I have to remind myself to look down at the panel to see what color I'm on because it's subtle. There are times when I'm wrapped up in what I'm doing and it only gets my attention when it starts flashing. Maybe you are just missing the switch over too until it blinks? fwiw, I always thought they had the sequence backwards... The standard battery convention is flashing to annoy you into charging and then steady red to indicate imminent death. But they are probably stuck with it now.
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Probably right Prairie I can see me not seeing if plus sun my play a factor in hiding the light as well. Good to know about charging as well thanks for the info.
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What is the good price ?
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I'm in Florida so time is of the essence. I was looking for 7.5Ah but could only find those through another vendor but with a very high shipping charge. Amazon Prime negated any shipping costs and they had 5.0Ah units available with same day delivery today. I believe it is the standard price of $219 for a 5.0Ah unit.
I believe each 5.0 unit yields 280 watts so 3X would equal 840 watts (or equivalent to two of the 7.5Ah units). Therefore, the "good price" essentially was getting three 5.0s at a total price less than two of the 7.5Ahs. Even if I'm a little bit off on the calculation factors, the difference in shipping costs combined with the "just in time" delivery of Amazon yielded the "good price."
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