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Originally Posted by ausastronomer
Gary Kopff, who knows a little bit about electronic devices, suggested to Andrew that he should put fresh batteries in his unit, as they may be depleted. Andrew put a fresh battery in his unit and got a reading of 21.85, aimed at the same patch of sky. It was then very obvious that the partially depleted batteries had given an incorrect "false" high reading.
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I know a bit about electronics too (not comparing myself to Gary) and this is enough to scare me right off this device.
That is just flat-out bad design. Should never happen.
It may just be a firmware bug they are not aware of? Has anyone contacted them?
The only reference I can find in Unihedron's literature about the battery is if there is no reading at all.