Great info. Thank you! On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 3:43 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote:
> Pad, pencil, voltmeter. Charge batt fully. Put on load, no charger. > Measure voltage every 15 minutes until either the voltage is below you > minimum setting or 3 hours elapse. > Plot the voltage. You can extend the line until you hit the min voltage > point and you will know how long you can run. > > If you k now the current, multiply current by run to get amp hours. > Compare with original spec of the battery. > While sitting around during the test, also measure and record individual > cell voltage. They should all drop about the same. If one or more drops > significantly more than the others those are bad cells and need to be > replaced. > > I use the BC2000 on my Eltek/valere charger. It does all of this > automatically. > > *From:* Eric Muehleisen > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 16, 2021 1:01 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Battery testing and validation > > What does everyone do for battery testing and analyzing? I’ve been looking > at SBS-6500. Price tag is steep-- > Sent via mobile > > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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