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Reply To: Case for Lower Threshold Voltage on Mayfly Stations

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2021-03-01 at 1:19 PM #15179
Sara Damiano
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    The bottom cut-off (below which the logger will only sleep) exists so that when a near-dead or completely dead solar-powered logger suddenly sees sunshine it gives the battery some time to charge before putting any load on it.  Otherwise the logger can get in a loop of repeatedly resetting when the just-barely-charged battery browns out with any load on it.