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To save cost, I do not want to purchase the recommended number of repeaters; what is the effect of insufficient repeater coverage?

April 26, 2017COST coverage insufficient purchase recommended Repeater repeaters

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To save cost, I do not want to purchase the recommended number of repeaters; what is the effect of insufficient repeater coverage?

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First of all, repeaters have an expected life of 10 years, and given one repeater per 200-250 animals, over 10 years the repeater cost is very low. The SmartBolus® device was designed to operate most efficiently in an environment with repeater coverage. Without sufficient repeater coverage, the SmartBolus® device will not be able to reliably report its sensor data, and will expend its battery life faster than in good repeater coverage. The net effect is that this will cost you more in than the cost of having sufficient repeaters.