# Battery drops quickly

**URL:** <https://community.tempest.earth/t/battery-drops-quickly/7062>\
**Category:** Tempest Owners\
**Tags:** air, battery\
**Created:** [June 19, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/battery-drops-quickly/7062 "2020-06-19T11:45:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Max\_Italy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Max\_Italy](https://community.tempest.earth/u/Max_Italy)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/battery-drops-quickly/7062/1 "2020-06-19T11:45:16Z")

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Hi all.  
I’m having a problem with battery on my AIR unit.  
Station 2527 ([https://tempestwx.com/station/2527/graph/4802/battery/5](https://tempestwx.com/station/2527/graph/4802/battery/5))

I changed with new batteries on December 5, then on February 8, then April 23, and now I’m with low batteryes again. It seems to me a big battery draining… Initially I was not changing so quicly… Station is running from 2017 (buyed with initial crowdsourcing).  
Initial installed with batteries on November 2017, changed first batteries on June 2019: over one and half year of life. Now some months… Batteries I’m using are always **Energizer AA Ultimate Lithium**. I buy them when I need so I don’t think I have all “discharged” or all defective batteries…

What can I check on AIR unit?

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**Author:** ![peter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/peter/32/1365_2.png) [@peter](https://community.tempest.earth/u/peter)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/battery-drops-quickly/7062/2 "2020-06-19T12:01:31Z")

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This does look odd. Might be worth opening a support ticket with WF.

One question, have you bought the batteries from different shops? Is it possible one shop is just selling defective or fake batteries?

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**Author:** ![GaryFunk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/garyfunk/32/5729_2.png) [@GaryFunk](https://community.tempest.earth/u/GaryFunk)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/battery-drops-quickly/7062/3 "2020-06-19T12:12:42Z")

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It’s possible you got a set of bad batteries.

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**Author:** ![Max\_Italy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Max\_Italy](https://community.tempest.earth/u/Max_Italy)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/battery-drops-quickly/7062/4 "2020-06-19T14:43:08Z")

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Got them on Amazon. Mainly directly from Amazon EU, one time from “Go Green Batteries”.

@peter: done, I create a ticket.

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**Author:** ![peter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/peter/32/1365_2.png) [@peter](https://community.tempest.earth/u/peter)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/battery-drops-quickly/7062/5 "2020-06-19T14:53:12Z")

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Definitely seems odd that you would get three bad sets in a row. Let’s see what support says.