Re: Re: Battery for RCM6700

I noticed somewhere in the 6700 manual a REQUIREMENT that you cycle power
to the 6700 AFTER attaching the battery. This affects  the drain on the
battery . . .

bob

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 1:45 PM, seecwriter <seecwriter-/[email protected]> wrote:

> That's not a bad choice. But it's half the capacity I need for a
> 5-year life, unless I'm over thinking this.
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> We may have to go to a separate time-of-day clock device that uses
> far less current than the RCM6700's 120ua in order to get the life
> span we want with a reasonable size battery.
>
> Steve
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> --- In [email protected], "Moore, Robert" <robert_moore@...>
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> > On the OP7200 I used a AA 3.6 VDC lithium battery (Saft LS14500CBA or
> > equivalent) accessible from the outside of the instrument case using a
> > Bulgin 122-BX0011/1 . . .   I'm assuming the RCM6700 has the same pinout
> > for this.  My biggest concern was to keep the end-user from opening the
> > instrument.
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> > bob
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> > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:31 PM, seecwriter <seecwriter@...> wrote:
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> > > The battery current draw for the RCM6700 seems rather high, requiring a
> > > large battery to maintain the clock for 5-years.
> > > Can anything be done to reduce the battery current? I'm just rying to
> > > maintain the time-of-clock.
> > > What have others done for a battery?
> > >
> > > Steve
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