Stand by power WP 34s & HP 35s

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(08-28-2014 01:27 PM)Didier Lachieze Wrote:  

(08-28-2014 01:14 PM)walter b Wrote:  According to my observations (matching the ones of many other folks here AFAICS) Voyagers are gold standards for low power consumption, Pioneers follow.

Excepted maybe the 17B/BII ; as it has a real time clock it's power consumption in standby mode seems to be higher than on the other Pioneers, at least it's what I've observed with a shorter battery life on my 17BII vs. my 20S, 27S, 32S, 42S.

The 27S has the same "clock" as the 17B, and though I'm no expert, I don't believe the clock "runs" in the nomal sense, the h/w just ticks off a counter every n mS and the "clock" interprets that counter when invoked.

That is to say, I don't believe the Pioneers with clocks should have a noticeably shorter shelf life.

I expect the real experts to weigh-in here and I look forward to the clarification if this is not correct.