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# Power Consumption
The motivation behind replacing the DHT22 Temperature & Humidity sensor used on the emonTH V1 with the Si7021 Temperature & Humidity sensor on the emonTH V2 was the power saving benefits.
See the `sensor` folder in the emonth2 repo for a power consumption comparision between the DHT22 and Si7021.
This document contains real-world emonTH2 power consumption as measured using a multi-meter & scope resistor voltage drop method [explained in previous blog post](http://blog.openenergymonitor.org/2013/07/new-oscilloscope/).
Here is a scope trace illustrating the emonTH power consumption during a sensor sample:
![emonth2 power consumption](emonth2_power.png)
1. Atmega328 wakes up, starts sensors and takes readings: 17.5ms @ 8.4mA
2. Atmega328 goes back to watchdog sleep but leaves SPI initialised waiting for wait for RFM to initialise: 100ms @ 2mA
3. RFM69CW transmission: 4ms @ 44mA
4. Wait for RF transmission to finish: 100ms @ 0.06mA
5. ATmega328 wakes up to Print data to serial UART: 5ms @ 7.2mA
Time taken for sample = 17.5 + 100 + 4 + 100 + 5 = **226.5ms**
Average current per sample = (17.5*8.4) + (100*2) + (4*44) + (100*0.06) + (5*7.2) / 225.5 = 565 / 225.5 = 2.5mA
After sensor sample is complete the ATmega328 goes back to full watchdog sleep for consuming 0.06mA. This base quiescent consumption includes the quiescent power consumption of the LTC3525 DC-DC converter. See original emonTH hardware blog post for [emonTH DC-DC converter design](https://blog.openenergymonitor.org/2013/10/emonth-update-hardware/).
Assuming one reading per min (current default) the emonTH is off (sleeping for): number of ms in one min - on time = 60000ms - 225.5ms = 59774.5
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To summarise:
- On current = 2.5mA (average)
- On time = 226ms
- Off current = 0.06mA
- Off time = 59774.5 ms
[Oregon Embedded online battery life calculator tool](http://oregonembedded.com/batterycalc.htm) can now be used to calculate battery live. Assuming using 2 x AA alkaline batteries @ 2700 mAhr each = 5400
![emonth V2 estimated battery life](emonth2_batterylife_estimate.png)
Given the measured power consumption the emonTh2 is estimated to have a battery life of 7.6 years!
Plugging in the [power consumption figures from the emonTh V1](http://blog.openenergymonitor.org/2013/10/emonth-update-software-power/) (with DHT22) into the calculator a 1.4 year battery life is estimated.
![emonth V1 estimated battery life](emonth_V1_estimated_batterylife.png)
From [real world testing](http://blog.openenergymonitor.org/2015/02/real-world-emonth-battery-life) is been established that the emonTh V1 actually achieves a 8 month battery life. This is 57% less than the estimated figure.
Assuming the battery life calculator is overestimating by the same amount for the emonTH V2 we can **expect a real world battery life of just over 5 years**, which is not too bad :-p
I have setup a battery life test with the emonTh V2 with Si7021 sensor, I will report back in a couple of years :-)

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# emonTx TH V2.0.2 - Sep 2016
- PCB to be 1.6mm thickness
- Solder Resist: Blue
- Finish: HASL
* No silkscreen should overlap pads
* Check Welsh Daragon logo on the rear is re-produced OK :-)
glyn.hudson@openenergymonitor.org
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