Originally Posted by
northernlights
My TV remote works for many months at a time on a pair of AA batteries. I don't think battery life is much of an issue.
That has no relation to the thoughts I wrote on it.
Originally Posted by
JohnJ80
BT LE devices operate for months or years on a coin cell. Shouldn't be an issue.
My Light And Motion lights battery runtime goes significantly if I just leave them physically plugged into the light for a week. A couple months, and the batteries are completely drained even though the light is off.
It's certainly not impossible that I could be wrong, I haven't tested it myself. I wrote it a little to "this is why" strongly when it's more of a theory.
That would be my concern personally - is the battery draining over time as it sits and waits for a signal. We're always told it will last forever and be insignificant, but often it pans out a lot worse.