Hi everyone :)
We are looking for fitting batteries. We found an offer with the required size and capacity. Still, the distributor warns that the batteries are not suitable as a battery for motor-driven models. They state that the battery can handle a continuous discharge current of 0.5C (which I learned today correspond to discharge of 250 mA over 1 hour for the suggested 500 mAh battery). The maximum discharge current is stated with 2C for 10 seconds.
I then checked what the battery usage of the components would sum up to. We bought the S070M-RCG-40, powered at 3VDC and rated with 0.5 W power consumption. If I haven't made a mistake, this results in ~167 mA per valve. For a fully equipped FlowIO device (7 valves) this would results in 7 * 0,167 A = ~1,17 A. This seems quite a lot to me and definitely exceeds the 0.5C of the battery. Therefore, my question is if I miscalculated something on the way or if my assumption is correct and the very battery isn't suitable for the FlowIO?
Thank you so much for this very helpful elaboration on this topic!