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Charging the battery using the quad contacts?
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<blockquote data-quote="Virtual1" data-source="post: 21775" data-attributes="member: 4084"><p>Also of interest... the contacts on the bottom of the battery <em>are always hot</em> and I suspect they bypass the "intelligent" of the battery and are just connected right to the internal battery pack.</p><p></p><p>Makes me a little nervous seeing those hot pads exposed like that... you definitely don't want to toss that battery in your pocket with your car keys! (the ~6 pin connector on the other hand is <em>much</em> less likely be contacted by something as thick as car keys, and isn't providing power while the battery is "off") I'm tempted to tape them over as a precaution as they serve no purpose if you don't have the charge station.</p><p></p><p>And I'm waiting for DJI to come out with a charge landing pad mode or something that enables the Spark to home in on and "dock" with its charger and sit there and top off its batteries automagically. Maybe not terribly practical, but definitely cool, a bit like how the roombas etc go dock and charge themselves. They've got the "precision landing" thing working (sort of?) so this may be in the cards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Virtual1, post: 21775, member: 4084"] Also of interest... the contacts on the bottom of the battery [I]are always hot[/I] and I suspect they bypass the "intelligent" of the battery and are just connected right to the internal battery pack. Makes me a little nervous seeing those hot pads exposed like that... you definitely don't want to toss that battery in your pocket with your car keys! (the ~6 pin connector on the other hand is [I]much[/I] less likely be contacted by something as thick as car keys, and isn't providing power while the battery is "off") I'm tempted to tape them over as a precaution as they serve no purpose if you don't have the charge station. And I'm waiting for DJI to come out with a charge landing pad mode or something that enables the Spark to home in on and "dock" with its charger and sit there and top off its batteries automagically. Maybe not terribly practical, but definitely cool, a bit like how the roombas etc go dock and charge themselves. They've got the "precision landing" thing working (sort of?) so this may be in the cards. [/QUOTE]
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