Hi Adrian! This is significantly worse than anybody else has reported with this type of unit. There are a couple possible causes.hurring wrote:I am running the fineoffset 1080 unit and I am having to change batteries monthly.
I am guessing it maybe the distance I have it from the base unit and having to travel through walls
cheers
Adrian
First it may simply be broken. I can think of a couple failure mechanisms that would result in excessive current drain.
Second, and more likely, is that the transmitter power is directly proportional to the battery voltage. Your Alkalines will drop about 0.2 V as their first 10% gets drained, and ramp down a bit more slowly after that. If you are on the hairy edge of signal strength, this could certainly cause it to appear that the batteries are dead. I guess you could test this by taking the "dead" batteries, and trying them in a different application. The lithium curves suggest they hold their voltage better, so you may experience considerably longer "life".