App weigh runs battery out after a couple weeks or less

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  1. Siinman

    Siinman Road Train Member

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    Anyone else having this issue? This is the third set of batteries.
     
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  3. Judge

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    Turn it down to refresh not so much.’


    I got mine lying in the cup holder of freightliner,
    put on right weigh instead
     
  4. Siinman

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    When I set it up I had it for 2 seconds. But can’t figure out how to change the setting to 5 seconds. No option to go back I guess without resetting it up?
     
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    that’s the only way i remember was reset it
     
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  6. blairandgretchen

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    I ended up putting a right weigh on the tractor - I’d find my battery dead right when I needed it.

    Maybe get a month or two - but I don’t run that much.

    I guess it’s all that pairing/unpairing that kills them.
     
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  7. Siinman

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    I just reset them to the lowest setting. Will have to calibrate them again. So far not impressed at all with them.
     
  8. Siinman

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    Just found a 20 pack of batteries for 7 bucks on Amazon.
     
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  9. blairandgretchen

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    The right weigh in the box on the trailer is expensive but pretty top notch, IMO.

    The App weigh - well, I should have checked it first, but when standing around with a crane crew directing them where to place the load . . .

    Yeah - I looked like an a-hole standing there looking at my phone . . .

    *His app thingy isn’t working guys*

    Eye rolls for miles.
     
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  10. Siinman

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    For something like that you definitely would get me rolling eyes. Ha ha. For dryvan check see if legal no big deal.
     
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  11. blairandgretchen

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    I have it on tractor too, that one went dead faster than the trailer.

    With a 320” WB, my only guess was it was continually pairing/searching whatever, while the phone was in the truck, and the battery drained.

    Only thing I can think of is to route it behind something solid like a crossmember to block it until you need to walk back and check it.

    It’d be a better tool if you could wire it to 12v - like a clearance light circuit.
     
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