{"id":1878,"date":"2020-05-17T16:13:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T22:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/?p=1878"},"modified":"2022-10-15T15:35:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T21:35:39","slug":"themeterdisplay-%e2%80%95-battery-longevity-test-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/?p=1878","title":{"rendered":"The<\/small>Meter<\/small>Display<\/small>™ \u2015 Battery Longevity Test Results"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jim ‘Slim’ Mimlitz, SCADAmetrics<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

TheMeterDisplay™, Model TMD<\/strong>, integrates state-of-the-art power-minimization technologies into its design, to the benefit and convenience of the user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During beta-testing in the Winter of 2020, the successful application of these technologies was rigorously evaluated; and the battery longevity results are conveyed within this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TheMeterDisplay™, Model TMD.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The test Display was powered by a new Panasonic Lithium CR-123A cell<\/strong>. Panasonic\u2019s CR-123A is manufactured in Columbus, GA \u2015 and boasts the highest available CR-123A energy capacity: 1550 mAh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to compress the testing within a reasonable time period, an apparatus was built to automatically generate a meter-read request every 30 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Panasonic Lithium 123 Cell. Energy Capacity 1550mAh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The water meter in the test was a Neptune Model T-10, 5\/8″<\/strong>, outfitted with a Neptune Pro-Coder register<\/strong>. The backlight was set to \u2018ON\u2019, the Meter-ID Display was set to \u2018OFF\u2019, Measurement Units were set to \u2018Gallons\u2019, and Rate-of-Flow Display was set to \u2018OFF\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An IP camera, connected to an NVR (Network Video Recorder), was set to visually record TheMeterDisplay during the test, and to ascertain the exact time of battery depletion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Begin Date\/Time: 17 Feb 2020, 4:45PM\nEnd Date\/Time: 22 Feb 2020, 2:45AM\nTotal Duration: ~106 Hrs.\nNumber of Meter Reads: ~12,720<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
As a result of this test, and after accounting for battery self-discharge, the approximate life expectancy of TheMeterDisplay’s lithium cell was determined to be 10,000 meter reads or 10 years \u2015 whichever occurs first.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
And unlike with the industry’s other remote wall displays, the battery in TheMeterDisplay is user-replaceable<\/strong> after depletion!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Basic Meter Reads were performed during this battery longevity test (Total=ON, Backlight=ON, Meter ID=OFF, Flow Rate=OFF). If Flow Rate or Meter ID displays are enabled, then the estimated battery life expectancy will drop to approximately 4000 meter reads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TheMeterDisplay™, Model TMD, integrates state-of-the-art power-minimization technologies into its design, to the benefit and convenience of the user. During beta-testing in the Winter of 2020, the successful application of these technologies was rigorously evaluated; and the battery longevity results are conveyed within this article. The test Display was powered by a new Panasonic Lithium CR-123A …<\/span> Read More →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,250,4],"tags":[257,256,225,226,259,258],"class_list":["post-1878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-applications","category-general","category-meter-display-technology","category-meteringtechnology","tag-battery-longevity","tag-battery-test","tag-lithium-battery","tag-lithium-cell","tag-the-meter-display","tag-themeterdisplay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1878"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2376,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878\/revisions\/2376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}