My Sigma SD9 rapidly drains battery power; and I don't mean over a short period of time, but over a few minutes. Regardless of new or fresh rechargeable batteries, the drainage is frustratingly consistent. Have had the camera quit responding regardless of 3 sets of AA rechargeables, or non-rechargeables with more than 3/4 capacity left installed within 45 minutes of my last attempt to use this camera at a Botanical garden close to where I live. Other than junk it is there a way to solve this problem?

After multiple charge attempts, if the unit does not power the vac beyond a brief period, either the vac is draining the battery too quickly due to a short, but more likely, the battery has failed and needs to be replaced. Depending on the age and condition of the vac, it may be more economical to replace the vac with a new model.

First of all, you need to use alkaline batteries with you camera, if you use mercury ones they wont last long.

You have a lot of sludge build up . There is a product in most auto parts stores that you add to tour engine oil. You run the engine for a short period of time. Drain the oil and replace with fresh oil and filter. Depending on the amount of sludge you may have to do this several times. A Good thing to do is remove your Valve cover, If it is covered in a thick or even brittle black goo it means that the oil has not been changed every 3,000 miles as recommended by ALL manufacturers. And you may have bigger problems down rge road. Don't forget to replace valve cover gasket.

Hi,
Well, while still perfectly usable, SD9 is not exactly a recent model (introduced in 2002), so I can imagine your repairman might have problems locating parts for it.
I would suggest looking for a broken "donor" camera to get the cover from on ebay, craigslist, etc-it might be faster than trying to locate a new part.
Good luck,
Raf

Digital cameras drain lots of power for a short period. The best batteries for digital camera are rechargable types. It is either you are using normal alkaline batteries which are easily drained or your rechrgable batteries are not properly charged. Try solving either of these two problems.

u have a shorted power board.i had same problem when mine got wet. likley not repairable.

Hi I know what you mean! My B&D dust buster used to do this too. The hi power boost means that it can only be used for a limited amount of time. Due to the age of the dust buster though its a sign that the battery is on its way out and regardless of whether or how long its been used or not used, batteries can lose power regardless.
Try to let the dust buster completely lose power and then charge it up for its initial burn in period of 14 hours. Also clean the connection metal strips or hole with a dry cotton bud incase there's any static or dust. Then see if it lasts longer. If the turbo mode or speed 2 is still short, then the battery is dying out.
I don't know where you are but in the UK its hard to get battery replacements for B&D products. You could check your local seller where you are if they have battery replacements but at the cost of current dustbusters it may make more economic sense to consider buying a new dustbuster.

The control systems on power mobility equipment have a "prevent" circuit that immobilizes the equipment while it is plugged into a charger, so folks won't take off with it plugged into the wall outlet. When you turn it on when plugged into a charger, the display will flash constantly, or sweep constantly, depending on the manufacturer. This is normal. Your off-board charger should have a red light to indicate power to the charger, and another light for the charge status. Yellowish means it is charging, when it turns green, you are fully charged. If the status light is green all the time, that is an indication that the charger is not functioning properly, or that the batteries are below a chargeable state. Check charger output, which should be 26-28 volts dc, and each battery should show at least a 12 volt reading, but around 13.5 volts with a full charge. If one or both of the batteries drops below 12 volts after a short period of time, it's time for a fresh pair. Fully charge new ones before using the chair.

In the cameras menu try finding the reset feature. once it is reset test it out also check to see if the cameras flsh is working if it is and then the batteries are dead then it has a bad flash compasitor because it has to charge up and release the charge to the flash but if the compasitor nevr fully charges it keeps tring to charge it and the batteries drain fast. It can be repaired. Hope this helps.

You need to begin using rechargeable batteries immediately. Look for nickle metal hydride (NiMH) cells that are at least 1800 mah and preferrably more than 2000 mah. Get two sets and a charger. Print this and take it with you. You can buy these at any electronics store. You'll need to charge the batteries before you can use them. And they don't really give you full life until they've been charged and discharged a couple of times. In other words, the first few times, you'll get a shorter life cycle before they run down. But you should see a marked improvement almost immediately.