Re: wp34s low battery threshold Increased to 2.7V Message #2 Posted by Marcus von Cube, Germany on 19 Oct 2011, 10:13 a.m., in response to message #1 by Jeff O.
It had reports of strange behavior at various voltage levels, so I decided to increase the threshold. It not only displays the indicator, it also reduces the maximum speed and therefore the stress on the batteries. If I knew precisely at what voltage the problems with full speed start I could set the threshold to that point, but I have no dependable information about it.
In short: With BATT on, you can still operate your 34S safely but it will not be as fast as with new batteries.
Maybe I'll add another modification: Increase the operating speed only after a short delay so that routine stuff like data entry and simple operations will all run at 2 MHz which should be light on batteries. This will need some testing though to find the right compromise between (perceived) speed and power consumption.
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