diff --git a/internal_filesystem/lib/mpos/battery_voltage.py b/internal_filesystem/lib/mpos/battery_voltage.py
index f6bc3571..9b943f63 100644
--- a/internal_filesystem/lib/mpos/battery_voltage.py
+++ b/internal_filesystem/lib/mpos/battery_voltage.py
@@ -87,16 +87,11 @@ def read_raw_adc(force_refresh=False):
         except ImportError:
             pass
 
-        # Check if WiFi operations are in progress
-        if WifiService and WifiService.wifi_busy:
-            raise RuntimeError("Cannot read battery voltage: WifiService is busy")
-
-    # Disable WiFi for ADC2 reading
-    wifi_was_connected = False
+    # Temporarily disable WiFi for ADC2 reading
+    was_connected = False
     if needs_wifi_disable and WifiService:
-        wifi_was_connected = WifiService.is_connected()
-        WifiService.wifi_busy = True
-        WifiService.disconnect()
+        # This will raise RuntimeError if WiFi is already busy
+        was_connected = WifiService.temporarily_disable()
         time.sleep(0.05)  # Brief delay for WiFi to fully disable
 
     try:
@@ -113,14 +108,7 @@ def read_raw_adc(force_refresh=False):
     finally:
         # Re-enable WiFi (only if we disabled it)
         if needs_wifi_disable and WifiService:
-            WifiService.wifi_busy = False
-            if wifi_was_connected:
-                # Trigger reconnection in background thread
-                try:
-                    import _thread
-                    _thread.start_new_thread(WifiService.auto_connect, ())
-                except Exception as e:
-                    print(f"battery_voltage: Failed to start reconnect thread: {e}")
+            WifiService.temporarily_enable(was_connected)
 
 
 def read_battery_voltage(force_refresh=False):
diff --git a/internal_filesystem/lib/mpos/board/fri3d_2024.py b/internal_filesystem/lib/mpos/board/fri3d_2024.py
index db3c4ebf..c79c6522 100644
--- a/internal_filesystem/lib/mpos/board/fri3d_2024.py
+++ b/internal_filesystem/lib/mpos/board/fri3d_2024.py
@@ -260,9 +260,24 @@ indev.enable(True)  # NOQA
 # Battery voltage ADC measuring
 # NOTE: GPIO13 is on ADC2, which requires WiFi to be disabled during reading on ESP32-S3.
 # battery_voltage.py handles this automatically: disables WiFi, reads ADC, reconnects WiFi.
-# Readings are cached for 30 seconds to minimize WiFi interruptions.
 import mpos.battery_voltage
-mpos.battery_voltage.init_adc(13, 3.3 * 2 / 4095)
+"""
+best fit on battery power:
+2482 is 4.180
+2470 is 4.170
+2457 is 4.147
+2433 is 4.109
+2429 is 4.102
+2393 is 4.044
+2369 is 4.000
+2343 is 3.957
+2319 is 3.916
+2269 is 3.831
+"""
+def adc_to_voltage(adc_value):
+    return (-0.0016237 * adc_value + 8.2035)
+#mpos.battery_voltage.init_adc(13, adc_to_voltage)
+mpos.battery_voltage.init_adc(13, 1/616) # simple scaling has an error of ~0.01V vs the adc_to_voltage() method
 
 import mpos.sdcard
 mpos.sdcard.init(spi_bus, cs_pin=14)
diff --git a/internal_filesystem/lib/mpos/net/wifi_service.py b/internal_filesystem/lib/mpos/net/wifi_service.py
index 927760e7..25d777a7 100644
--- a/internal_filesystem/lib/mpos/net/wifi_service.py
+++ b/internal_filesystem/lib/mpos/net/wifi_service.py
@@ -197,6 +197,63 @@ class WifiService:
             WifiService.wifi_busy = False
             print("WifiService: Auto-connect thread finished")
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def temporarily_disable(network_module=None):
+        """
+        Temporarily disable WiFi for operations that require it (e.g., ESP32-S3 ADC2).
+
+        This method sets wifi_busy flag and disconnects WiFi if connected.
+        Caller must call temporarily_enable() in a finally block.
+
+        Args:
+            network_module: Network module for dependency injection (testing)
+
+        Returns:
+            bool: True if WiFi was connected before disabling, False otherwise
+
+        Raises:
+            RuntimeError: If WiFi operations are already in progress
+        """
+        if WifiService.wifi_busy:
+            raise RuntimeError("Cannot disable WiFi: WifiService is already busy")
+
+        # Check actual connection status BEFORE setting wifi_busy
+        was_connected = False
+        if HAS_NETWORK_MODULE or network_module:
+            try:
+                net = network_module if network_module else network
+                wlan = net.WLAN(net.STA_IF)
+                was_connected = wlan.isconnected()
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"WifiService: Error checking connection: {e}")
+
+        # Now set busy flag and disconnect
+        WifiService.wifi_busy = True
+        WifiService.disconnect(network_module=network_module)
+
+        return was_connected
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def temporarily_enable(was_connected, network_module=None):
+        """
+        Re-enable WiFi after temporary disable operation.
+
+        Must be called in a finally block after temporarily_disable().
+
+        Args:
+            was_connected: Return value from temporarily_disable()
+            network_module: Network module for dependency injection (testing)
+        """
+        WifiService.wifi_busy = False
+
+        # Only reconnect if WiFi was connected before we disabled it
+        if was_connected:
+            try:
+                import _thread
+                _thread.start_new_thread(WifiService.auto_connect, ())
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"WifiService: Failed to start reconnect thread: {e}")
+
     @staticmethod
     def is_connected(network_module=None):
         """