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09-26-2013, 06:49 PM
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Peterson tuner/Battery life
Back in June I bought a Peterson Stroboclip tuner and immediately loved it. BUT, after about 2 months it became very erratic and I thought I may have a defective unit. THEN Yesterday I was reading a recent post on Peterson tuners and Toby Walker mentioned they eat batteries. Today I replaced the battery and once again I love this tuner.
So..... Every 2 months I will install a $2.50 battery. Not a big deal to me, but, I thought I'd share my experience. Cheers!
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09-26-2013, 07:13 PM
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I buy 2032 batteries for all my tuners on Amazon dot com, and the Energizer are 5 for $3.50 or less (and free shipping). Just thought you might want to land a better deal. I have stuck with the name brand ones, because I got some from overseas which were a bit 'thinner' than they should have been, and in some tuners they would not make nor maintain contact. I get several of the 5-Energizers-on-a-card and keep one in the pick drawer of each guitar. Fresh batteries are a good thing…
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09-26-2013, 07:17 PM
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09-26-2013, 08:19 PM
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I've been going on 2 years with the same battery in my Peterson, still tuning just fine.
I do have other tuners I use, but I sure have not experienced any battery drain with the Peterson. Now, the IntelliTouch PT30 ? That's a different story, that thing eats batteries for breakfast, and no wonder, due to the overly bright display. Harmonics
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09-26-2013, 08:23 PM
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09-26-2013, 08:27 PM
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Here's some empirical data for you to evaluate.
I probably use my Peterson about twice a week ? On for about 2 minutes and then off. It probably all comes down to use, I can't imagine a big battery drain with the Peterson, its got the LCD display, unlike my IntelliTouch. I'd chalk it up to inferior batteries, I don't use anything else beside Energizer Zero Mercury 2032 batteries in my Peterson, Harmonics
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09-26-2013, 08:33 PM
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09-26-2013, 08:37 PM
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Battery life is like string life. I laugh when people ask how longs strings last and without any other information they say 6 months. I measure string life in hours of play, not how many weeks/months they have been on guitars. Batteries have X-amount of hours of active life. If we tune and leave the tuner on, they will wear out quicker. If we tune 6 times a day instead of 1, I'd guess batteries will wear out 6 times faster.
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09-26-2013, 08:39 PM
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2 months seems pretty brief,
Hopefully, you get some improvement with the new set of batteries. I've come to a ritual when it comes to tuning. I use the Peterson to get the guitar in tune, then I use my Korg for some time, until I need a major tune up again, then i go with the Peterson once more. Yeah, guitarists are weird that way  Harmonics
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09-26-2013, 08:48 PM
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