Baby monitor manufacturers Biosentronics have considerably lengthened the usable life of their Snuza Mobile Baby Movement Monitors by enabling the user to replace a defective or depleted battery.
Previously the Snuza monitors were sealed and battery faults meant that the unit had to be returned to the manufacturer for replacement. However, a new casing design allows the user to remove the back cover of the unit, exchange the depleted battery for a new one, and continue using it with only minor interruption.
The standard battery life of the 14250 batteries used in Snuza monitors is approximately 12 months with normal usage. Replacing the battery means that usage can continue uninterrupted, or the monitor can be put aside for future use by another baby or even loaned out to family or friends.
14250 batteries are lithium-based cells designed specifically for long-term (3 to 15 years) applications, and the benefits of using these include:-
- High operating voltage, stable during most of the application lifetime
- Excellent reliability over extended operating life
- Wide operating temperature range (-60° C to 85°C )
- Excellent resistance to humid environments
- Low magnetic signature
- Non-flammable (and non-pressurized at ambient temperature) inorganic electrolyte
- Less than 1% capacity loss during storage at ambient temperature before use
- Up to 25 years of mass production experience
- Excellent safety records
- Compliance with the European directive RoHS
14250 batteries are available from specialist battery suppliers or from the Snuza distributor in over 30 countries worldwide.