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Forums - Sony - So does the SIXAXIS just randomly turn on to drain battary life?

twesterm on 21 March 2008
Gnizmo said:
A battery left alone out in the wild will lose its charge. Without going into specific details as to why, I would recomend you try putting them in the fridge when not in use. This will slow the natural drain on the batteries.

 I can't tell if you're being serious or not.  If you are, that's kind of wierd and I wanna know why that helps.  :-p

And plus, I think the fiance would have questions if she saw my PS3 controller sitting next to the milk. 



 

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kenzomatic on 21 March 2008
twesterm said:
kenzomatic said:
Rechargeable batteries do not hold charges very long. Use regular

 You can't change the SIXAXIS's battaries since it doesn't have any.  >_>

And as far as I know the controller just turns off when you turn the system off (or at least the lights turn off) or you can turn it off similar to turning off the 360 controller through a menu. 


Well thats just stupid.

Forgive me but I do not know much about the controller.

But when it come to batteries on a very simplistic level rechargeable batteries do not hold a charge vey long.

I will look up what type it has.



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kenzomatic on 21 March 2008
twesterm said:
Gnizmo said:
A battery left alone out in the wild will lose its charge. Without going into specific details as to why, I would recomend you try putting them in the fridge when not in use. This will slow the natural drain on the batteries.

 I can't tell if you're being serious or not.  If you are, that's kind of wierd and I wanna know why that helps.  :-p

And plus, I think the fiance would have questions if she saw my PS3 controller sitting next to the milk. 


He is telling the truth



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Your theories are the worst kind of popular tripe, your methods are sloppy, and your conclusions are highly questionable! You are a poor scientist. Especially if you think the moon landing was faked.

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kenzomatic on 21 March 2008

A unique drawback of the Li-ion battery is that its life span is dependent upon aging from time of manufacturing (shelf life) regardless of whether it was charged, and not just on the number of charge/discharge cycles. So an older battery will not last as long as a new battery due solely to its age, unlike other batteries. This drawback is not widely published

"For the PS3, if the battery in your controller fails for any reason, you're left with one of two options. If the PS3 is still under warranty, you can send the controller back for 'repairs.' Otherwise, you'll be out to the store to buy a new one. In order to stick with the PS2 controller's look and feel, Sony has sealed its rechargeable battery in the casing - there is no good way to get it out and make a switch"

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/10/19/PS3_controller_battery_not_replaceable/

Edit: sorry I should have put that all in one post.



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Your theories are the worst kind of popular tripe, your methods are sloppy, and your conclusions are highly questionable! You are a poor scientist. Especially if you think the moon landing was faked.

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Lafiel on 21 March 2008

@ twesterm)

Your controller seems to be broken, for mine don't have any issues like that .. they work for about 10-15 hours and I never noticed one of them (one regular Sixaxis and one DS 3) losing charge, when I dont use them for a while.



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dsoverpsp on 21 March 2008
twesterm said:
Gnizmo said:
A battery left alone out in the wild will lose its charge. Without going into specific details as to why, I would recomend you try putting them in the fridge when not in use. This will slow the natural drain on the batteries.

I can't tell if you're being serious or not. If you are, that's kind of wierd and I wanna know why that helps. :-p

And plus, I think the fiance would have questions if she saw my PS3 controller sitting next to the milk.


 ok - he's right

and why would it be next to the milk??? U put ur milk in the FREEZER??? U must like frozen milk =P 



TWRoO on 21 March 2008

Seriously?
Now I know all about rechargables losing charge over time. I have some cheap ones that have lost half their power within a week of no use.... but I also know that there are rechargables that don't lose charge so easily, because I also have 2 pairs of them which I use in my Wii-remotes... I can charge them and leave them for 2-3 months and they still have at least 75% charge left. (also they last a good 20+ hours even when playing the great bettery drainer: LoZ:TP, which can drain normal AAs in 25hours)

I would have thought Sony would have used the better technology batteries that don't lose charge so easily.

 

for anyone using Wii-remotes, I reccomend the UNiROSS HYBRIO rechargables, (mine are 2100mAh) make sure your charger is suitable for Ni-MH (I think most are)



kenzomatic on 21 March 2008

Well given that they are Lithium-ion batteries, I would guess either something is wrong with his, or they are old (shelf life). A brand new lithium should last, but a month is a long time.



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Your theories are the worst kind of popular tripe, your methods are sloppy, and your conclusions are highly questionable! You are a poor scientist. Especially if you think the moon landing was faked.

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Gnizmo on 21 March 2008
twesterm said:
Gnizmo said:
A battery left alone out in the wild will lose its charge. Without going into specific details as to why, I would recomend you try putting them in the fridge when not in use. This will slow the natural drain on the batteries.

 I can't tell if you're being serious or not.  If you are, that's kind of wierd and I wanna know why that helps.  :-p

And plus, I think the fiance would have questions if she saw my PS3 controller sitting next to the milk. 


The electricity from all batteries is generated by a chemical reaction. The specific type of reaction varies with different types of batteries but that is not really anything to get too concerned with right now. Eventually the reaction completes itself and the battery dies. Using the batteries speeds this process up a ton but it happens on its own regardless of use. Putting the batteries (or in this case the whole controller) in a colder environment (this case the fridge/freezer) causes the reaction to slow down considerably.



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DOATS1 on 21 March 2008

batteries naturally lose their charge if not used for a while, especially rechargeable ones. if you treated your 360 controller the way you did with your sixaxis, it would lose it's charge the same way.