Power Outage and Alarm Reliability

[Tony T]

After 30 mins. But if power comes back before then I think you are fine. I didn't have any alarms active so I don't know if that affects things.

CW

Too bad. Oh well, looks like the SB Radio Alarm is not as reliable as my Bose Wave.
(Although I do like everything else about it!)

[notwired]

Yes, this really is a shame (that and the fact I can't get a battery in Canada!)

Maybe they would consider adding this functionality? It's only software after all. Some sort of toggle setting which says to keep the radio 'alive' if the power goes out but there is some charge remaining in the battery.

[bluegaspode]

After 30 mins. But if power comes back before then I think you are fine.

Thats also working without a battery ?
Is the radio really not going on at alarm time, when the power is gone for 4 hours or so ?

[Tony T]

Too bad. Oh well, looks like the SB Radio Alarm is not as reliable as my Bose Wave.
(Although I do like everything else about it!)

As of 7.5.1 r8837 the SBRadio with a battery will sound the backup alarm during a power outage.
If the Radio shut-down to conserve the battery, it will 'wake up' 5 minutes before the scheduled alarm and if not connected to a server, the internal backup alarm will sound.

[axel112]

As of 7.5.1 r8837 the SBRadio with a battery will sound the backup alarm during a power outage.
If the Radio shut-down to conserve the battery, it will 'wake up' 5 minutes before the scheduled alarm and if not connected to a server, the internal backup alarm will sound.

That sounds quite nice. Hmm... Need to manually test this, this weekend.

[buffettck]

In my experience, typical bedside alarm clocks (clock radios) are plugged in. If the power is out for the house, no alarm goes off.

Typical clock radios? That is absolutely not true at all. "Typical" alarm clock radios have a battery backup, even the cheapest ones you can find at Wallyworld. I have an old Sony Dream Machine radio from the mid-90's that doesn't even have a battery. It charges up an internal capacitor to store a charge and the alarm works flawlessly with no power to it. Still use it to this day.

[axel112]

As of 7.5.1 r8837 the SBRadio with a battery will sound the backup alarm during a power outage.
If the Radio shut-down to conserve the battery, it will 'wake up' 5 minutes before the scheduled alarm and if not connected to a server, the internal backup alarm will sound.

I can confirm that. Did test that and it worked liked described. Nice!