I have let my Genesis 2.2 sit for almost a week now with the charge connector cap installed.
It was at 91% charge and my intent has been to drop it down to 80% or less and then just let it sit until the next time I use it.
After almost a week, with the charge cap on, it is at 90%.
I figured I would share this because I have been curious about how quickly it would run down if I left the cap in place. Like, do I need to be anal about removing the charging cap at the end of they day after my last dive? Or is it okay to leave it on until I get home? Or what?
Now I feel pretty safe just leaving it on during a whole dive trip and waiting to take it off until I get home. With it removed, I am more concerned that I will lose it or that something will hit and damage the 4 pins that are exposed when that cap is removed. In practical terms, I could probably just leave it on all the time. At anything like 1% per week, it's not going to run down enough to hurt it in between the times that I will use it (and charge it when needed).
Which brings me to my question: Is there anything wrong with leaving the charging cap on all the time? Some long term problem that could result?
This is assuming I use the scooter at LEAST once every, say, 3 or 4 months, and I charge it before use on the occasions where it needs it (say, I'm going to use it and the charge is down below 40%).
Note that I am not saying it will sit 3 - 4 months between each time I use it. I'm just saying that I might use it every weekend for a while, but then have a 3-4 month stretch where I don't dive as much and where the diving I do does not include using a scooter. E.g. over Thanksgiving and Christmas, where my only diving might be teaching OW and maybe a trip to Cozumel or someplace where I don't take a scooter. So, it sits from November into February or something like that.
Side note: I am not exactly thrilled with those 4 charging pins on the nose. The charge connector cap AND the power supply connector are both long enough that you can't really fit them down in there between the pins and the side of the nose and then slide them STRAIGHT onto the pins. The first part of pushing the cap/connector onto the pins has the connector angled up, which puts a bending force on the pins themselves.
I have found that with the cap, I can smush it down in there, so just the pull handle part of it is bending as I start to slide it onto the pins. But, I still feel like I have to be careful. With the power supply connector, the cable kind of prevents that, so there's no helping bending those pins some as you start to slide it on and finish removing it.
Related side note: It seems like it would be kind of nice if the charge connector cap had an On and an Off position. Put it on one way and the scooter will run. Put it on the other way and the pins are protected, but the scooter is Off and will not turn on. I don't like having to leave the cap off, when I could possibly lose it, and I don't really like how fragile and exposed the charging pins look when the cap is off.
It was at 91% charge and my intent has been to drop it down to 80% or less and then just let it sit until the next time I use it.
After almost a week, with the charge cap on, it is at 90%.
I figured I would share this because I have been curious about how quickly it would run down if I left the cap in place. Like, do I need to be anal about removing the charging cap at the end of they day after my last dive? Or is it okay to leave it on until I get home? Or what?
Now I feel pretty safe just leaving it on during a whole dive trip and waiting to take it off until I get home. With it removed, I am more concerned that I will lose it or that something will hit and damage the 4 pins that are exposed when that cap is removed. In practical terms, I could probably just leave it on all the time. At anything like 1% per week, it's not going to run down enough to hurt it in between the times that I will use it (and charge it when needed).
Which brings me to my question: Is there anything wrong with leaving the charging cap on all the time? Some long term problem that could result?
This is assuming I use the scooter at LEAST once every, say, 3 or 4 months, and I charge it before use on the occasions where it needs it (say, I'm going to use it and the charge is down below 40%).
Note that I am not saying it will sit 3 - 4 months between each time I use it. I'm just saying that I might use it every weekend for a while, but then have a 3-4 month stretch where I don't dive as much and where the diving I do does not include using a scooter. E.g. over Thanksgiving and Christmas, where my only diving might be teaching OW and maybe a trip to Cozumel or someplace where I don't take a scooter. So, it sits from November into February or something like that.
Side note: I am not exactly thrilled with those 4 charging pins on the nose. The charge connector cap AND the power supply connector are both long enough that you can't really fit them down in there between the pins and the side of the nose and then slide them STRAIGHT onto the pins. The first part of pushing the cap/connector onto the pins has the connector angled up, which puts a bending force on the pins themselves.
I have found that with the cap, I can smush it down in there, so just the pull handle part of it is bending as I start to slide it onto the pins. But, I still feel like I have to be careful. With the power supply connector, the cable kind of prevents that, so there's no helping bending those pins some as you start to slide it on and finish removing it.
Related side note: It seems like it would be kind of nice if the charge connector cap had an On and an Off position. Put it on one way and the scooter will run. Put it on the other way and the pins are protected, but the scooter is Off and will not turn on. I don't like having to leave the cap off, when I could possibly lose it, and I don't really like how fragile and exposed the charging pins look when the cap is off.
