in fig1 a battery b1 having , for example , an unregulated output voltage of 9 . 0 volts , is connected to a voltage regulator vr over leads 10 and 11 . lead 10 is connected to a junction 12 . leads 13 and 14 are respectively connected from junction 12 to a drain 15 of a field effect transistor ( fet ) t2 and to a junction 16 . a resistor r100 is connected from junction 16 to a junction 17 . junction 17 is connected to a junction 18 . junctions 19 , 20 , 21 , and a second junction 22 are connected together from a lead 11 to ground 25 . junctions 23 and 24 are also provided . fet t2 has a gate 25 and a source 26 connected from junction 17 and junction 23 , respectively . a resistor r101 is connected between junctions 23 and 24 . a resistor r102 is connected between junctions 24 and 21 . a capacitor c51 is connected between junctions 18 and 20 . u7 is a conventional micropower bipolar monolithic integrated circuit ( ic ) of the icl8212 type made by intersil , inc ., 10710 north tantan avenue , cupertino , calif . 95014 . pins 8 , 4 , 3 and 5 of ic u7 are connected to junctions 16 , 18 , 24 and 19 , respectively . a capacitor c53 is connected from a first junction 27 and second junction 22 . third , fourth , fifth , sixth and seventh junctions 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 and 33 , respectively , are also provided . junctions 27 and 29 are connected together . a resistor r105 is connected between junctions 29 and 30 . junctions 30 and 31 are connected together . a capacitor c54 is connected from junction 30 to ground . a mechanical counter 34 is conventional and may be of the type disclosed in any one of the aforementioned patents . counter 34 has an electromagnetic actuator coil s1 that cycles the same or drives the same decade one digit place for each n pulses out of a turbine meter 35 . a divider 35 &# 39 ; is connected from turbine meter 35 to a lead 40 . coil s1 and a diode cr2 are connected in parallel between junctions 31 and 32 , diode cr2 being poled to be conductive in a direction toward junction 31 . a fet 36 is provided with a drain 37 connected from junction 32 , a source 38 connected to ground , and a gate 39 connected from lead 40 . six volts regulated is provided from junction 33 . a capacitor c55 is connected from junction 33 to ground . diode cr1 isolates the regulated voltage from the transients caused by the discharge of c54 when the electronic switch ( fet 36 ) is closed . diode cr2 is a free wheeling diode that allows the li 2 / 2 energy stored in coil s1 to dissipate , where l is inductance and i is current . the voltage between junctions 27 and 22 is regulated to about 6 . 0 volts . this voltage changes during the transient response to the grounding of junction 32 via fet 36 when gate 39 receives a pulse over lead 40 . grounding of junction 32 causes capacitor c54 to discharge current through coil s1 until the voltage of capacitor c54 is near or at zero . the voltage across capacitor c53 , during this period , declines somewhat while the charge on capacitor c54 is partially replaced by the change on capacitor c53 . note will be taken from fig2 that the present invention makes possible the use of battery b1 over a period of time 50 % longer ( an outstanding advantage ) than the otherwise , for example , 6 month life of battery b1 without regulator vr . power is saved by providing a lower regulated voltage . the schematic diagram for the icl8212 has been published . the suffix cpa is unnecessary as any other conventional code can be substituted . pin 4 is an output which is either open circuit or short circuit . pin 3 is a pin the voltage imposed at which is compared with an internal constant reference voltage to determine whether output pin 4 is open or shorted . the voltage regulator application is described on page 5 - 251 of an intersil application note . capacitors c51 and c53 maintain the stability of the regulator ( on / off ) system . capacitor c55 is a storage capacitor which supports the system voltage . all capacitors are charged prior to receipt of turbine meter pulses . capacitor c54 will be totally discharged by the totalizer and capacitor c53 partly so . battery life : the totalizer requires a 6 - volt pulse , 30 msec . in duration . it has been established that a 1000 mfd . capacitor charged to 6 volts provides the necessary input energy . note : ( a ) 6 volt 340 ma ., 30 msec . corresponds to a 2 . 04 watts for 30 msec . 61 . 2 mjoules ( b ) a 1000 mfd . capacitor charged to 6 volts has a stored energy of 1 / 2 cv 2 = 18 . 0 mjoules this smaller energy is adequate because the surge current to activate the totalizer is much higher than the hold current required to maintain closure . the capacitor discharge provides this kind of current pulse . if the 9 - volt battery were not regulated to 6 volts , then the energy used per count would be 40 . 5 mjoules ( 1 / 2 cv 2 ). the battery system has a total energy capacity of approximately 38 , 800 joules ( volts × amp .× hours ). not all of this energy can be used usefully . as the batteries are used , so the voltage drops . a feature of the regulator is that when the battery voltage falls below 6 volts ( the regulator control voltage ), then the output voltage will track the battery voltage with minimum differential . the end point is reached when the battery has fallen to 4 . 5 volts and the totalizer will no longer operate . the system in the micropower totalizer may be operated for 1 . 8 × 10 6 counts , i . e ., an energy usage of 1 . 8 × 10 6 × 18 . 0 × 10 - 3 joules ( 32 , 400 joules ). this is over 80 % of total capacity . this is the same with or without the regulator . if no regulator were used , then the period when the battery was greater than 6 volts would be a period when energy would be used extravagantly ( say average volts during this period equal 7 . 5 volts ). hence , energy / count would be 28 . 1 mjoules , in place of 18 . 0 joules . in fig3 l a may be the end of the useful life of the battery without voltage regulation . l b may be the same with voltage regulation . for example , l a may be equal to 6 months , and l b may be equal to 9 months .