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Battery life

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Gerry
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Battery life

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I have brought a WH2080, what sort of battery life can I expect from the outside sensor unit.
This will have some bearing on where i am going to re-locate it.
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daj
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Re: Battery life

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It will depend a lot on the temperature I think and the quality of the batteries

I have certainly had mine in for over 12 months and it endured temperatures as low as -17C during the winter
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neil
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Re: Battery life

Post by neil »

I operate a WH1081 & change the battery's on average once a year I always use Duracell as they proved the most reliable
as mentioned previously the temperature has quite an impact my range is between -7 & +30 degrees
Hope this is of some use
Neil
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Re: Battery life

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Thank you. I have now installed a set of new Duracell batteries and hopefully I wont need to get up the ladder until next September :)
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