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Powering the Pipe-Network Pressure Monitor: Microamp Sleep, Transducer Excitation and Cellular Bursts

2026-09-12

The battery duty of an IP68 NB-IoT/LoRa pressure or flow monitoring terminal - microampere sleep, milliampere transducer excitation, brief radio bursts and occasional water-hammer event capture - and where a rechargeable NiMH buffer fits.

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Testing and Certifying a Collector Last-Gasp Module: IEC 62056, IEC 62052-11, IEC 61000-4-11 and NiMH Evidence

2026-09-12

The validation matrix for an AMR/AMI backup module: IEC 61000-4-11 dips and interruptions, IEC 62052-11 type tests, DLMS/IEC 62056 last-gasp protocol behaviour, wide-temperature and outage-cycle ageing, plus IEC 62133-1 and UN 38.3.

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Selecting and Sizing a Collector Last-Gasp Module: Frame Energy, Retry Window and the NiMH DC-UPS Design

2026-09-12

A design method for AMR/AMI outage backup: comparing supercapacitor, non-rechargeable lithium and rechargeable NiMH, budgeting the last-gasp frame sequence and buffer flush, and designing the rail, charge and protection topology for a wide-temperature cabinet.

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Powering the AMR/AMI Collector: Extending the Last-Gasp From One Frame to a Managed Outage Report

2026-09-12

How a mains-powered AMR/AMI collector or concentrator behaves at the moment of outage - a supercapacitor's sub-second last gasp versus a NiMH module's multi-frame, store-and-forward window - under the IEC 62056 DLMS/COSEM framework.

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Testing and Certifying an Ultrasonic Heat-Meter Battery: EN 1434, MID MI-004 and the NiMH Evidence Trail

2026-09-12

The validation matrix for a heat-meter battery: EN 1434 accuracy and durability, MID MI-004 type examination, EN 62056-21 readout, warm-environment and pulse-rail tests, plus IEC 62133-1, IEC 61951-2 and UN 38.3.

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Selecting and Sizing an Ultrasonic Heat-Meter Battery: Measurement Cadence, Warm-Cabinet Design and Chemistry Choice

2026-09-12

A design method for an EN 1434 heat-meter power source: comparing primary lithium, a NiMH pulse reservoir, supercapacitor and rechargeable lithium, budgeting average power across measurement and radio, and designing for a warm heating cabinet.

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Powering the Ultrasonic Heat Meter: Precision Measurement Bursts Across a Six-to-Eleven-Year Battery Life

2026-09-12

How an EN 1434 ultrasonic heat meter spends its battery - long sleep, periodic ultrasonic flow and paired-temperature measurement, and radio or optical readout - and where a NiMH pulse reservoir fits beside the primary lithium cell.

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Testing and Certifying a Smart-Gas-Meter Battery: EN 1359, OIML R137, ATEX and the NiMH Evidence Trail

2026-09-12

The validation matrix for an intrinsically safe gas-meter battery: EN 1359 and OIML R137 metrology, MID examination, ATEX intrinsic safety, ingress and temperature, IEC 62133-1 and UN 38.3, plus a valve-pulse and ageing programme.

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