diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 sensor is periodically transmitted to the receiver.  
 To save battery power, the controller, radio module and temperature sensor 
 are put to power down/sleep mode in between transmissions. The idle current 
-is ~57 uA, which is still quite a lot (> 10 uA should be possible), but already 
+is ~57 uA, which is still quite a lot (< 10 uA should be possible), but already 
 better than 8 mA :-)
 
 ![IMG_20250212_190518](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/dd87b7de-c97d-4ecb-ab24-f5a34b849914)