# Background Power Drain?Battery Issue Description **URL:** \ **Category:** uConsole\ **Created:** [March 30, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/background-power-drain-battery-issue-description/16396 "2025-03-30T11:41:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chnjyxz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/chnjyxz/32/7885_2.png) [@chnjyxz](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/chnjyxz)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/background-power-drain-battery-issue-description/16396/1 "2025-03-30T11:41:34Z")
After shutting down the device, no yellow charging indicator light appears when connected to usb power. The light only turns on when the device is powered on. Additionally, if left unused for a period of time, the device fails to power on. This is likely because the battery has been dropped below the minimum voltage threshold ---
**Author:** ![adcockm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/adcockm/32/1664_2.png) [@adcockm](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/adcockm)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/background-power-drain-battery-issue-description/16396/2 "2025-03-30T12:07:24Z")
This other thread and the links it contains might help. > [@Battery issue on Uconsol](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/battery-issue-on-uconsol/16329/2): > > If you’re using the official OS image, that might be the problem. More information here: The community OS builds are more up to date, stable, and fully featured. While the post I linked was in response to the Devterm, the uConsole is essentially the same when it comes to OS builds, and if you use Rex’s build it will actually be the same, with a minor config change. This is assuming you’re using the CM4 version. If you’ve got the A06 version, you should probably search the forums for more info…