Feedback on battery duration

[iu2frl]

I'm trying to undestand the current battery consumption, the most battery aggressive feature is transmission followed by WiFi, my T-Beam lasted around 2h in tracking mode which is not so good. Any feedback?

2021-09-19 19:34:32 CEST: IU2FRL-12>APLO01,WIDE1-1,qAR,IU2FRL-10:!/7](AQ5&W[!0H/A=000000https://www.iu2frl.it/tracker-lora32-in-uhf/ Batt=4.04V
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[mattbk]

How big is your battery in mAh?

[iu2frl]

Should be around 2500mAh but I'm thinking is about to die

[SQ9MDD]

definitely this battery is ruined. I will do a test today. I'll charge the battery to full and after 10hrs of use I'll put it on a charger with a mA meter and see how much is missing. I will repeat the test a few times

[SQ9MDD]

Test conditions: Sending frame every 180s, fixed beacon, GPS disabled, battery full loaded.

2021.09.23 22:45 - starting test, battery 4.18V (the battery has been charged to its maximum capacity with externall charger) 2021.09.24 07:45 - stopping test, battery 3.94V

After charging the battery back to 100% the charger showed 646mAh So, during nine hours of operation, the device consumed 646mAh. That is, the current consumption is about 72mA

[iu2frl]

That's not bad, can you try with GPS ON?