Quote Originally Posted by Kamikaze47 View Post
True enough. The only reason i may want to do it is so that i can watch the seconds count down when the LCD is switched on (will have a pushbutton in series with the LCD power so its only on when u press the button). I guess its a weigh-up between battery life and pretty counting seconds
Should be easy enough to change the counting rate/wake up rate dynamically if you end up using the TMR1 method as described above.