I have had my ethos for about a year, I bought it in march of last year. This thing eats up some double A batteries, I knew that the scanner had a rechargable battery option and I went out and bought some expensive rechargables, now my scanner is dead and the batteries wont recharge! I have the scanner set to "rechargable" in the setup options. can anyone shed some light on this subject?
Ethos & AA Batteries
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See section 2.5.2 of your owners manual. "Battery power should not be the primary source of power". Vehicle power should be your primary source when testing and the AC/DC power supply is a great source for reviewing data. Selecting Battery type in the setup options sets the low battery warning message threshold (pg 36). Hope this helps -
Does it still apply to the new ethos pro?
I would make sure those 6 AAs aren't forgotten and don't end up leaking inside the scan tool.
Maybe just leave the AA batteries out and just piggyback Velcro a portable 12v rechargeable lithium battery to the back of the scanner and plug it into the circular AC adapter port, like I did with my Port Freight 08.
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ETHOS does not have a "circular AC adapter port". Totally Screwed. Just use Lithium AA's.Comment
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