Anyone else have a GPi Case?

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Anyone else have a GPi Case?

Post by Robochris » Sat Oct 05, 2019 7:59 am

Hows your battery life? Everything I see posted around the internet says 3-4 hours but I get less than one hour on fresh batteries.
I have used Amazon, Rayovac, and Duracell all with same results. I will buy rechargeable AAs if it can get that 3-4 hours but I dont want to waste the money if it wont. I may do a lipo battery mod... I do have all the parts laying around.
Also, the cartridge gets really hot. I know Pis get hot but im not so sure my other Pis get this hot. Could this cause excessive battery drain?

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Re: Anyone else have a GPi Case?

Post by ekilla » Sat Oct 05, 2019 2:11 pm

Yes and mine runs 3-4 hours too.
I'm using IKEA Ladda 2450mAh rechargeable batteries and the PI is running Recalbox 6.1 Beta 3

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Re: Anyone else have a GPi Case?

Post by Helder » Sun Oct 06, 2019 7:38 pm

Sounds like a bad pi, I used regular batteries and got around 3ish hours and then did Lipo mod for a little more time plus being rechargeable.
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