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Perhaps I am paying the price for being an early adopter but I am having issues with my new QA5 Pars. One of them just won't charge and the other that "appears" to work runs out of power in under 2 hours at full on. This is extremely disappointing considering I have been waiting for years for a truly wireless uplight. To be fair everything works as advertised (wireless DMX, light output, menus, etc) until you get to the battery. The battery charge display is never accurate and will show zero charge with the light still on and will show 99% and then be dead with in seconds. Very confusing. To make things worse the directions say to never let the battery fully die. This impossible when the battery display won't display accurately. I am a huge ADJ fan and waited for their version of this light rather than going with Chauvet, Blizzard or Eternal lighting's versions that have much longer battery life and are proven in the field. I am at a tough spot. Don't know if I should cut my losses and sell of my two test units or wait until version 2 of these lights. Any advice or observations from other purchasers would be welcome.
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After the bars are fully charged, the display shows considerable use. After 15 minutes, the display shows there is 75% battery life left. So At first I was thinking it was the battery. After swapping the low batter to another unit, it reads battery life in the 90% range. So I would assume that it would be the fixture that has a problem. I just want to be sure, so I'm doing some more experimenting.
I'm experiencing similar issues with 3 out of my 8 WiFly QA5 lights. I charge them fully, then unplug and flip to battery. I watch as the battery indicator drains about 1% per second. However, once it reaches 001% remaining, it stays lit. Haven't tested how long it will actually stay lit at 1%. I also have one WiFly QA5 that will respond to the RF remote. My other 5 lights seems to work fine.

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