diff --git a/src/pbHelpers/Power.tsx b/src/pbHelpers/Power.tsx
index 67bb45b..2b28944 100644
--- a/src/pbHelpers/Power.tsx
+++ b/src/pbHelpers/Power.tsx
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ export function describePower(power?: pond.DevicePower | null): PowerDescriber {
   } else {
     let thresholds = notChargingThresholds;
     let suffix = "not charging";
-    if (power.inputVoltage >= 4) {
+    //Ashton tells me that with the new battery that any voltage over 2.8 is charging and it maxes out at 4.2 volts, so dropping it down here as the chip would say not charging when it really was  
+    if (power.inputVoltage >= 2.8) {
       thresholds = chargingThresholds;
       if (power.chargePercent === 100) {
         suffix = "charged";