All this talk of self-discharge and related issues has brought to mind my "spare" 180 ah cells, sitting idle in a "storage" capacity. I'd like to test these cells for capacity after all these (uncertain) years. I have a rather powerful radio-control-related charger, but the computer within tops out at a 100A battery capacity and as such, times out the charge sequence before reaching a proper level. The same thing happens with the discharge aspect. I would like to not spend a lot of money but do not have a good idea of the best way to top off my individual cells in the proper manner and then a suitable method to discharge to test them. Even a moderately low discharge rate of C/4 at 45 amps would give some indication of relative capacity and balance across the five batteries. I have a bench top power supply but it does not have anything near the level of current capacity considered useful for a 180ah cell.
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