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AMOD AGL 3080 battery endurance tests
Batteries Duration nmea log size (Mb) Cost / hour Note
Tesco zinc chloride MN2400 11:43:20 11.283 £0.09 Tesco's cheapest
Duracell plus LR03 / MN2400 31:31:47 30.734 £0.06 Pack of 4 + '4 free'
Energizer ultimate lithium  L92 / FR03 29:14:55 28.718 £0.18

This is a small number of tests, but gives an indication of how long an AMOD AGL 3080 will last on a set of three AAA batteries.

All tests were conducted on the dashboard of a car, and are a single continuous run. Elapsed time is the time between the first and last fix in the log file. Temperature was between 15° and 30° C.

Observations:

  • Tescos's cheapest zinc chloride batteries gave more than 10 hours.
  • Duracell Plus gave more than 30 hours and were the best value for money in terms of cost per hour.
  • The Energizer lithiums performed surprisingly poorly compared to the Duracells, but should nevertheless be considered the only solution when ambient temperatures are below zero centigrade.