Re: 744 battery switchover test

["Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999]

>  Dan Dugan wrote:
>> Yesterday I ran a test of my 744T with both it and an MP-2 on a Pro
>> Digital brick. I was hoping that the added load of the preamp would
>> reduce the battery voltage bounce when the 744 disconnected itself,
>> and keep it from reconnecting. Nope. It shut down during the 13th  
>> hour
>> of recording, did not switch to the L-ion battery on the back.
>>
>> I experimented with pulling the external battery plug several times
>> while recording. No problem. So the procedure will be to simply
>> disconnect the brick when it gets low. Bummer it won't work
>> automatically.

Richard Hess:
> Thank you for doing the testing. That is very interesting. I assume
> you confirmed that the rear-mounted L-ion battery was still
> more-or-less fully charged after the test.

It was full.

> I also assume you were
> running the latest firmware.