You should use a lithium at 3.6 volts there is a switching diode that drops .6 v so it sort of does matter. Essentially because at 3.6-.6 you are in the sweet spot of the battery life. At least the way the odetics thinks about it. 3 volts - .6 is 2.4 v and thats close to the 2.3 v considered to be a dead battery. I would bet however the odetics could actually go a lot further then that. Just a guess though. I had to replace my lithium and picked up 4 at a hamfest for $2 or less. Regards Paul WB8TSL
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R <[email protected]>wrote: > I tried the procedure given in the manual to initialize an > Odetics GPStar. After a while it thought it was in Oz > because the satellites it was looking for were in that > region, not here. > > So I cycled the power and put into SR mode. It eventually > sorted things out and appears to be cheerfully chugging > along since. > > The unit has a dead 3.6 volt soldered in battery. > Would a 3 volt replaceable battery be enough or is > the last 0.6 volts vital? > > -- > Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R [email protected] www.omen.com > Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications > Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software" > 10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 503-614-0430 > > > ______________________________**_________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/** > mailman/listinfo/time-nuts<https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts> > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
