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bridgedino
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PostPosted: 10:16 - 07 Jan 2013    Post subject: Will this Tracker drain my battery? Reply with quote
These are some of the settings provided by the supplier of my £35 eBay tracker

Speed Accuracy: 0.1m/s
Time Accuracy: Same as GPS
Hot status: 2 s
Warm status: 32 s
Cold status: 38 s
Temperature -20---65°C
Humidity 5%---95%
Voltage 10V—25V
Power 10V—25V
Average Power <80 mA

Can anyone work out if I'm likely to get a flat battery? My bike usage is 5 days a week with the occasional 5 day break

Thanks
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AlexW
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PostPosted: 17:59 - 07 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thats not really the most helpful details.

No reason it should drain it though, Just keep an eye on the battery voltage when you do leave the bike for more than a couple of days.

I have a tracker and alarm on my bike and it gets left all the time.
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bridgedino
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PostPosted: 20:58 - 07 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Many thanks
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carvell
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PostPosted: 21:02 - 07 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
AlexW wrote:
Thats not really the most helpful details.

Yes it is - the one thing you need to know is there - current consumption.

Assuming a 10Ah battery, your bike battery will in theory be fine for 125 hours unattended. It probably won't start the bike a long time before this though.

I would disconnect it if it really is drawing 80mA constantly if you are going to leave the bike for 5 days. Using it every day would be fine though.

Or just try it out leaving the bike for 5 days and see what happens, with a jump start kit on standby.
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