Power Consumption and Battery Life - SM5

Song Meter SM5 User Guide

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Table 1. SM5 Expected Battery Life for Continuous Acoustic Recording with Stub Microphones.

Power consumption measurements taken 6 times using 3 different SD cards. Calculation of run time, in hours, used the worst-case measurement among the 6 tests. Run times are rounded to the nearest 10 hours.

These figures make the following assumptions:

  • Room-temperature (20 °C) conditions
  • Uncompressed .wav recording at 24 kHz sample rate
  • Two acoustic stub microphones installed, no other external microphones attached
  • Energy capacity of 4 alkaline D batteries: 72 W h
  • Energy capacity of 11 Li-ion 18650 batteries: 137.5 W h
Number of Active Channels Run Time, 4 Alkaline D Batteries Run Time, 11 Li-ion 18650 Batteries
1 1,160 hours 2,220 hours
2 900 hours 1,710 hours