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Hi all ,
So I have a fairly old GShock Solar powered aviator which seems to have died as it’s been in the safe for so long
Tried sitting it in the sun but no life ?
I do have 6 or 7 others that are fine and have been stored the same period
Any ideas ?
Mint barely used watch but about 8 years old ish ?
Thanks
Chris
Have you checked the instructions?
Last edited by number2; 21st July 2019 at 08:23.
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This comes up time and again in relation to solar G shocks. Basically, never leave them in a drawer for a year - the battery will completely drain and there’s a good chance it’s now dead and the solar battery will need replacing (with the right ‘capacitor’ not a standard battery). There’s also a good chance that left in proper full sunlight for a few days it’ll spring back to life. I have 5 solar G shocks that spend up to 6 months a year in darkness, but I wear them often in the summer and once or twice I’ll stick them in full sunlight on a garden bench for the day. None has ever dropped from ‘high’ charge as a result. They don’t need a lot of light to keep going once charged at all, but ‘storage’ in a safe isn’t a good idea. I’m sure this is the same for all solar watches. It’s also worth turning on the ‘power save’ feature - they just switch off I. Total darkness to save power.
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Thank you for your reply advice heard - an hour or so in the sun did the trick thank you ! 👍🏿
QUOTE=RobDad;5154124]This comes up time and again in relation to solar G shocks. Basically, never leave them in a drawer for a year - the battery will completely drain and there’s a good chance it’s now dead and the solar battery will need replacing (with the right ‘capacitor’ not a standard battery). There’s also a good chance that left in proper full sunlight for a few days it’ll spring back to life. I have 5 solar G shocks that spend up to 6 months a year in darkness, but I wear them often in the summer and once or twice I’ll stick them in full sunlight on a garden bench for the day. None has ever dropped from ‘high’ charge as a result. They don’t need a lot of light to keep going once charged at all, but ‘storage’ in a safe isn’t a good idea. I’m sure this is the same for all solar watches. It’s also worth turning on the ‘power save’ feature - they just switch off I. Total darkness to save power.
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RTFM ! - laugh out loud thanks I have it working but tbh I didn’t you got me ! I never do 😂
QUOTE=number2;5154114]Have you checked the instructions?[/QUOTE]
[/QUOTE]Glad it's all sortedOriginally Posted by d2ore
RTFM ! - laugh out loud thanks I have it working but tbh I didn’t you got me ! I never do
QUOTE=number2;5154114]Have you checked the instructions?
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
I’d make sure you charge it until it indicates ‘high’ then charge it a few days more! ‘High’ indicates it’s reached its top third of charge, it takes a bit more to actually fully charge. Once you’ve done that, just leaving it somewhere it receives daylight - even on a bedside table out of direct light - is enough to keep it charged
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Thanks I appreciate the message 👍🏿
QUOTE=RobDad;5154253]I’d make sure you charge it until it indicates ‘high’ then charge it a few days more! ‘High’ indicates it’s reached its top third of charge, it takes a bit more to actually fully charge. Once you’ve done that, just leaving it somewhere it receives daylight - even on a bedside table out of direct light - is enough to keep it charged
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I had the same thing happened,forgot my mudman 9010 in the drawer,placed it on the place where I hang my clothes to dry for a week and it’s alive again...
Had a slight panic moment , so satisfied when it came to life ! 👍🏿👍🏿
This specialised watch box might be a solution for the solar watch owners amounts us. It does need a power connection though.
https://www.techswiss.com/solar-eco-...g-storage-box/
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That’s pretty cool !
QUOTE=CatalystGuy;5159089]This specialised watch box might be a solution for the solar watch owners amounts us. It does need a power connection though.
https://www.techswiss.com/solar-eco-...g-storage-box/
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I have owned half a dozen solar/atomic g shocks for at least 5 years, and none of them has ever dipped below high - and living in the U.K. they don’t get massive amounts of bright sunlight!
They must spend at least 6 months in darkness, but I get them out and put them on a windowsill for a day every now and again, (even on overcast winter days) keep powersave on and never use auto el (which I don’t really use and seems to be a massive power suck). And that’s it. I don’t even think about it now, although on the few blazing hot days we’ve had recently I wore each of my 2 frogmen on the beach, and my most recent purchase - which arrived showing medium charge but soon hit high - I left in the garden on a bench for a day in direct sunlight. I’m totally confident that if I stuck them all in a drawer for a year they’d still be going. With very basic attention his really is a set and forget technology, So many people over think it imho - in comparison to a mechanical watch or an Apple Watch, solar/atomic is far superior if you want a ‘zero maintenance’ totally reliable and accurate timepiece
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