1040 solar charging poorly working

6415477 18 days ago

I have a 1040 solar of 1 month old. When I go biking for 3 hours in sunny weather, the solar screen says: 62% avg intensity, time saved: 3:45 (I guess these are minutes) and the battery was drained from 100% down to 35%. Is this normal? I have no battery saving options on and maximum GPS settings. On my first ride it was performing much better?

Am I doing something wrong?

Tnx, Peter

0 Garmin-Blake 18 days ago

6415477 We would need consent to view this activity, and the account it was uploaded to in order to review this accurately.

What you are describing in terms of ride time and battery drain sounds like a ride with maximum brightness settings, in addition to maximum GPS settings.

0 Middeldorp 18 days ago in reply to Garmin-Blake

Brightness was indeed at 100%. GPS was at maximum. Maybe I touched the brightness settings unintentionally. GPS has always been on maximum. Probably the time saved by solar radiation is also shorter with higher brightness setting. Thanks, I will keep that in mind.