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Using a temperature of 25°C (constant) and an LOLP of 0.001, the anticipated battery
life for designs 1–4 are 10.7, 10.9, 10.9 and 10.9 years, respectively. The lives are
quite long because, for an LOLP of 0.001, the batteries remain well charged most of
the time.

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