Comments on: How to Keep Camera Batteries Warm in Cold Weather

By: Voltaic Systems

Voltaic Systems — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 18:21:12 +0000

In reply to Peter Michaud. They have some sophisticated ways to deal with this - I believe in part by using heaters.

By: Peter Michaud

Peter Michaud — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 15:34:26 +0000

What does this say about electric car batteries ??

By: bradley

bradley — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 06:09:22 +0000

Keep your batterys in a pocket of a heated vest

By: Voltaic Systems

Voltaic Systems — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 12:55:30 +0000

In reply to Joe.

Yes, charging below freezing can shorten the life of the battery. A slightly different topic, but we’ve found that DJI batteries can be tricky to charge from low power or non-consistent power sources. We walk through each of the DJIs in this post – http://blog.voltaicsystems.com/powering-the-dji-phantom-drone-from-solar-power/

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 12:48:06 +0000

Last winter in the Alps, drone batteries refused to charge despite a bright sun (100W flexible solar panel).
After reading the manual, DJI phantom drone batteries won’t charge if temperature is near 0°.
Great article

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 20 May 2018 21:47:52 +0000

Great article! I first discovered the “cold-battery-drain” problem while out near Gerlach, CA in October. Got down to 20F at night. I woke up to a dead phone and dead batteries for my drone, camera, etc. Unfortunately, couldn’t get any photos that following day. On my next trip, I was thinking about wrapping all of the batteries up in a thick towel, and then sticking them into a soft-shell cooler. I may opt for the sleeping back method instead though.