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This list's people ROCK!!!

Thanks for the info. It helps greatly.

Bubba
 

-----Original Message-----
From: rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se [mailto:rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se] On Behalf Of Dave Jones
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 10:06 AM
To: Rockbox development
Subject: RE: Battery FAQ #12

In my long term recording sessions (multiple weeks of continuous recording) I've been estimating about 3.2 Ah per day of recording. This is using an external power supply and tapping directly into the battery leads of an AJBR20, bypassing the charging circuitry entirely. The power supply is a switching regulator with an efficiency of around 85% or so.

I generally get just less than 4 days of recording out of a Alkaline D cell battery pack (approx 12 Ah)

Of course, this is continuous, 24 hour stereo recording with relatively high quality settings. I'm sure your use will be somewhat different....

Interestingly, if you use Bjorn's 110 mah estimate for current draw, for 24 hours gives you 2.65 Ah per day. With 85% power supply efficiency, that gives you 3.1 Ah per day for an external battery pack. Very similar to my field testing experience.

Dave

At 08:26 AM 2/19/2004, you wrote:
>Björn,
>
>Thanks that should help.
>
>Any figures on "normal" mA usage / hour?
>
>
>Bubba
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se
>[mailto:rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se]
>On Behalf Of Björn Stenberg
>Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 9:16 AM
>To: Rockbox development
>Subject: Re: Battery FAQ #12
>
>David Reis wrote:
> > Is "HDD on,reading, backlight off 600 mA"
> > "HDD on, backlight on, play 230mA"
> > What is the difference between "play" and "reading" ??
>
>If I recall correctly, during 'play' the disk was not accessed, i.e. it
>was just spinning idly. During 'reading' the disk was actively reading
>data into the buffer.
>
>--
>Björn
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