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The 10 year battery life – myth or reality?

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Myths and legends are usually the subject of incredible beauty, unsurpassed strength or attempting what mere mortals assume is an unobtainable goal. It is often difficult to separate myth from reality or even know where one ends and the other begins. The same can be said for much of what you read these days about products with a 10 year battery life. When you see advertisements for wireless devices claiming 10 year battery life from a coin-cell battery it is easy to think that is the stuff of myths and legends. Yet, given the right hardware/firmware design and the appropriate battery technology and capacity for a certain application, 10 year battery life is certainly a doable thing.

 

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  • I used to design products for a utility meter manufacturer.  Their standard battery life warranty was for twenty years.  However, anything over ten years was pro-rated based on the service life after the ten year mark.  The installation cost outweighs the cost of the more expensive battery technology, so the utility company didn't want to have to replace the battery before the meter was past it's useful lifetime.

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  • I used to design products for a utility meter manufacturer.  Their standard battery life warranty was for twenty years.  However, anything over ten years was pro-rated based on the service life after the ten year mark.  The installation cost outweighs the cost of the more expensive battery technology, so the utility company didn't want to have to replace the battery before the meter was past it's useful lifetime.

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