Vector Battery Life

[Deleted User]

Last couple rides in the pain cave my Vector/Garmin setup has been acting up with more power dropouts than I've ever had.

Most recent here, had just before the 3rd set I started getting gaps and when it didn't come back I called it early.

http://www.trainerroad.com/cycling/rides/1572918-14-Tue-3x8-Z4

Hoping it's a simple battery fix BUT I'm only at 75hrs logged and per Garmin I should get "minimum 175hrs ride time".

I also haven't received a low battery alert on my Edge 500.

New batteries should be here tomorrow from Amazon but wondering what you all typically get in terms of ride time, or any other aspects I should be checking. Haven't changed anything on my setup in a month or more, so don't think it's related to the install.

Thanks

Chris Davis

Just to rule out something simple, are your pedals torqued correctly? Seems to be the big thing in installing them, but I doubt they would back out of being torqued after 75 hours.

I dont remember exactly how long I got off my first set of batteries, but it was about 2 months worth of out-season riding. Definitely not 175 hours. Was it the set of batteries that Garmin sent with the pedals? Could just be bad batteries if that's the case.

zwuba

I'm still on the original batteries that came with my Vectors but till now it's only about 50hours of riding time on them.
All of my dropouts I had at the beginning were related to ANT+ interference with my WiFi-channel and Bluetooth on my iPad (I use it for watching movies in my cave).
Since I cleared that issues it's working like a swiss-watch without any dropouts so far ...

Though I'm pretty sure the original won't come 100% charged but I didn't check mine before installing it.
... I'm not sure if the Edge500 is capable of that "Low-Batt" warning thingy at all ...

[Deleted User]

Thanks guys - I replaced mine and seems to be working better now (N = 1 ride, but promising).
I'm guessing the ones that came in the unit were aged somewhat so curious how many hrs I'll get from these.