Battery Life Expectations
The RockBLOCK Sense/Switch is designed to run on mains power most of the time, with an internal backup battery used in the absence of external power. Battery life predictions assume External Power is set to Limited and only one channel is set to transmit samples.
| Sample Interval | Battery Life (days) |
|---|---|
| 2 seconds | N/A |
| 5 seconds | 19 hrs - 5 days |
| 20 seconds | 8 hrs - 20 days |
| 1 minute | 1 day - 51 days |
| 10 minutes | 10 days - 183 days |
| 30 minutes | 28 days - 227 days |
| 60 minutes | 51 days - 241 days |
| 120 minutes | 85 days - 248 days |
| 240 minutes | 128 days - 253 days |
| 720 minutes | 192 days - 255 days |
Note that N/A indicates that this combination is not possible due to the restriction on Iridium SBD message throughput.