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The following tables show the equivalent data for the "low power" DT80 models
5 sec 200 mW 280 mW 630 mW 2000 mW
1 min 25 mW 35 mW 65 mW 380 mW
Table 14: DT82E/ 80L/ 80GL/ 85L/ 85GL core hardware average power consumption (external 12V power)
1 sec 420 mW 820 mW 2300 mW 2300 mW
10 sec 120 mW 170 mW 370 mW 2300 mW
1 hour 20 mW 20 mW 21 mW 27 mW
Table 15: DT82E/ 80L/ 80GL/ 85L/ 85GL core hardware average power consumption (external 24V power)
Note that:
• At slow scan rates the logger spends nearly all of its time asleep, so the average power consumption is
determined solely by the core hardware's sleep mode power consumption, which is fixed.
• If sleep is disabled, then for slow scan rates the core hardware power consumption will approach the "idle"
power state value (300/ 500/ 700 mW for 6/ 12/ 24 V supply, or 350/ 400mW for 12/ 24V supply for low power
models)
• For a continuous schedule, the "30 analog channels" case actually uses slightly less power than the "5 analog
channels" case. This is because a greater proportion of the time is spent with the processor idle, waiting for the
analog sampling to complete.
• These tables assume that the schedule contains only analog channels. Digital channels can usually be
disregarded, but if there are a significant number of calculations being done then the average power
consumption will increase. If any very time consuming operations are performed (e.g. reading SDI-12 sensors)
then these tables are no longer applicable. Refer to Example 3 (P296) for more information.
• A measurement made using a CEM20 channel takes approximately twice as long as a DT80 channel. Thus if
15 CEM20 channels are sampled, you should use the values in the "30 analog channels" column above. See
Example 4 (P296).
For example, if 10 analog channels are being sampled once per minute then interpolating from Table 12 the core
hardware will draw an average of approximately 100 mW from a 12V external supply (although from Table 10 the peak
demand may be up to 1800 mW).