JerryNY Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 I noticed even without a battery in it for over 24hrs the LED light still comes on for a few seconds. Is it a capacitor still charged up or possession by some sort of electrical demon from abusing the poor little blue guy? You be the judge... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnarlyCarl Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Time for an exorcism. You'll need an old and a young priest......Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryNY Posted January 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 That scares me because considering how far the little guy can throw snow I hate to think what's gonna happen if it starts vomiting the nasty green stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Must be some juice still floating around in there, maybe something get wet under your giant load of snow and short something or other?Might be worth some snooping around inside of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryNY Posted January 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 I seem to remember this happening even when new last season but never thought about it until recently again. It seems to run fine and still looks like new. The auger is pretty well made in these things too, heavy steel brackets with a hard rubber blade that seems to not damage anything yet hard enough to do the job without breaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicholasShetley Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 The capacitor should discharge and since you don't have the battery in it nothing should charge it back up. Do the LEDs run on the battery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiltiWpg Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 There would most certainly be a cap in there to keep the light brightness constant for those times the motor is under heavy load. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR99 Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 It did it on the TIA review video they have something going on that stores energy with the battery off to power the led's enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Glassey Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 http://youtu.be/712RdMbufoMI noticed even without a battery in it for over 24hrs the LED light still comes on for a few seconds. Is it a capacitor still charged up or possession by some sort of electrical demon from abusing the poor little blue guy? You be the judge...JerryNY, you need a priest. That thing is possessed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 At least it doesn't just start up randomly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryNY Posted January 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 It did it on the TIA review video they have something going on that stores energy with the battery off to power the led's enough.Ah maybe that's where I remember it from... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffmcmillan Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 They probably have a cheap lion cell so you can keep the light on as you go back to your garage after the battery dies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hathatyl Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Damn a 24 hour holding charge, i wanna know what capacitors they used in that thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadlanthier Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 I agree it needs to be torn apart, and while its torn apart sprinkle with holy water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryNY Posted January 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 They probably have a cheap lion cell so you can keep the light on as you go back to your garage after the battery dies.I don't think so, seems kinda more a bug than a feature. It only stays on max 5-6 seconds. You can wait a little and it can work a little more but not for very long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryNY Posted January 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Damn a 24 hour holding charge, i wanna know what capacitors they used in that thing!it will actually hold it for much longer than that and it uses 3x1W Led's I think so if it is the capacitors they do seem to hold some decent charge. I do wonder if the windings in a brushless motor can actually store some electricity, they are isolated and no brushes to leak the current out when off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryNY Posted January 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 I agree it needs to be torn apart, and while its torn apart sprinkle with holy water.LOL, yeah there is something inherently spooky about an electrical device still running without a battery installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 it will actually hold it for much longer than that and it uses 3x1W Led's I think so if it is the capacitors they do seem to hold some decent charge. I do wonder if the windings in a brushless motor can actually store some electricity, they are isolated and no brushes to leak the current out when off.Makes sense being brushless are more efficient in their energy usage.JimboSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffmcmillan Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 it will actually hold it for much longer than that and it uses 3x1W Led's I think so if it is the capacitors they do seem to hold some decent charge. I do wonder if the windings in a brushless motor can actually store some electricity, they are isolated and no brushes to leak the current out when off. Definitely a battery and not a capacitor then. Capacitor would just drain and not light again unless something (a battery, wind, lightening, god) charged it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR99 Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 It would be cool to see an AvE style tear down on the led light to see what exactly is going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regopit Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Just saying 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryNY Posted February 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 You had to go there.....I was just in the garage and the snow Joe hasn't had a battery in it for a week and it still lights up the LED's for a few seconds and then fades. Give it a little time and it does it again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Glassey Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 I loved that movie, you need to,start calling your SnowJoe Christine. John, Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk[emoji848] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmikez Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Bagahahaha!! Rego went there!! Haven't seen that movie in forever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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