{"id":8277,"date":"2022-12-19T09:20:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T09:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8277"},"modified":"2022-12-19T09:23:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T09:23:27","slug":"fsc-bp108-wearable-beacon-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/fsc-bp108-wearable-beacon-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"FSC-BP108 Wearable Beacon Updated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/FSC-BP108\" target=\"_blank\">FSC-BP108<\/a> has been updated so that the battery is now replaceable.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fsc-bp108twist-1024x625.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8279\" width=\"256\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fsc-bp108twist-1024x625.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fsc-bp108twist-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fsc-bp108twist-768x469.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fsc-bp108twist.jpg 1154w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 85vw, 256px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>Previously, the waterproofing was such that the beacon had to be ultrasonically sealed. A clever new twisting design allows the battery to be replaced while remaining waterproof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most coin cell beacons use either a CR2032 or CR2477 battery. CR2477 tend to be too large for keyfob beacons while CR2032 only last of the order of a year, depending on settings. This beacon uses an intermediate size battery, the CR3032 that more than doubles the battery life of CR2032 while keeping the size small and weight low.&nbsp;This beacon also uses the newer Dialog DA14531 that offers a battery life up to 6 years, depending on settings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/waterproof\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View all waterproof beacons<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FSC-BP108 has been updated so that the battery is now replaceable. Previously, the waterproofing was such that the beacon had to be ultrasonically sealed. A clever new twisting design allows the battery to be replaced while remaining waterproof. Most coin cell beacons use either a CR2032 or CR2477 battery. CR2477 tend to be too &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/fsc-bp108-wearable-beacon-updated\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;FSC-BP108 Wearable Beacon Updated&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8277"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8277"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8284,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8277\/revisions\/8284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}