Re: (Fwd) installer

Marc DeVinney (devinney@charger.lifelike.com)
Thu, 30 May 96 14:59:19 CDT

I saw approx. 30% reduction in battery life with "touch-to-turn-on" activated. It seemed to be somewhat dependent upon usage. I reasoned that this was because this feature causes more power to be consumed when the Ogo is turned off, but has no effect when the unit is on.

MED.

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Alcatel Network Systems
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Richardson, TX USA
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*opinions expressed are my own*

> From owner-ogo@lifelike.com Thu May 30 14:19:14 1996
> X-Sender: ndecker@mail.basis.com
> Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 13:23:21 -0600
> To: ogo@lifelike.com
> From: Nicholas Decker <ndecker@basis.com>
> Subject: Re: (Fwd) installer
> Sender: owner-ogo@lifelike.com
>
> --- snip
> >3) Having the "touch screen" feature enabled to turn on the machine
> >consumes batteries, either when you don't use the pen to turn ist
> >on???
> >
> >I would really appreciate your help
> >Santiago Soler
> >PADENT
> >Internet: ssoler@padent.org.ec
>
> After reading the original post, I tried turning off my touch-to-turn-on
> feature. It looks like I'll probably get about 50-100% longer life out of
> energizer alkalines. I can't give very accurate stats, as it's virtually
> impossible to have a week or two of 'average use'. Any others with similar
> findings?
>
> Nick
>
>
>