Power Cycling Franklin T9 Hotspot

I used to run into the charging issue as well, where I'd lose connection once every two weeks until I went out an restarted the hotspot. This was a pretty tedious and annoying problem, since I live 45 minutes to 1 hour away from where my instruments are running on the hotspot. I figured I could trick the hotspot into complying if I just discharged the battery every so often. Fortunately, you can buy a $5-$10 mechanical plug timer on amazon (or at your local hardware store) that'll fix the issue. I set mine to charge and discharge every 30 minutes, and haven't had any issues in the past month. Not sure what the long-term impact to the battery might be, but I'm hoping the short 30-minute bursts will prevent it from overheating. Might be better to use longer time periods and fewer cycles, but I guess we'll find out eventually. 

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