Kerbin survey probe w/o enough battery, any workaround?

[FinalFan]

I happened to have a satellite in Kerbin system with a survey scanner on it (contract I think), and I haven't scanned the planet yet, so I put in 1400km polar orbit and hit scan.  Ran out of battery power while transmitting results!  Is there any trick that might help here?  I tried toggling the "partial transmit" button, but I'm not sure which way is which and I don't know if it applies to this situation. 

If I lowered the orbit, would it need less electricity to communicate with the KSC?  Is there some other way to get it to finish its scan?  Or is the satellite just too weak? 

[bewing]

I think the partial transmit should work, if you keep the craft in focus (and maybe timewarp a bit). If not, are you willing to cheat a little? You can go into the debug menu and turn on "infinite EC" for a few seconds until the transmission completes. Then promise yourself to put on enough batteries next time. The total EC you need for a scan seems to depend on the number of biomes.