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Subject: Re: Current consumption of LCD kitchen timer?
Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 11:00:44 +0100
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On 06:13  12 May 2025, Paul said:
> 
> Does a piezo run off 1.5V ?
> 
> This sounds like alien technology.
> 

That was my guess based on the single alkaline cell the timer uses. 

However I hadn't considered a voltage converter inside. I reckoned the
timer would use only the bare minumum circuitry like a counter IC and
display driver.