Does your TI-89 EAT batteries

[quentinterintino]

I have a 5-6 year old TI-89, I use it semi-frequently, but it powers down after like a minute or so of inactivity to save the batteries. However, I find myself replacing the batteries about every 2-3 months. Normal?

 

[quentinterintino]

anyone?

 

[mchammer187]

mine seemed to drain a lot if i used nimh batteries

alkalines worked very well like 1 - 2 years

i only used it 3 - 4 times a week though

 

[halik]

i've changed em maybe 2 or 3x after the course of the past 5 years. I used to use it a lot too, the batteries would least at least a year

 

[quentinterintino]

hmmm... I've got alkalines in there right now, so I doubt that's it.

 

[KevinF]

Are you playing a lot of games? Games will eat the batteries a lot faster than just normal calculation and graphing.

 

[Chu]

Another vote for about once a year, something is up with your calc. or your batteries.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

Originally posted by: halik
i've changed em maybe 2 or 3x after the course of the past 5 years. I used to use it a lot too, the batteries would least at least a year