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Re: Co-op for Computerized Battery Analyzer?

We have a CBAII (replaced by the CBAIII?) and they were definitely in CT. when we bought it. I'd highly recommend getting one for your team, you'll want to test batteries before every season.

While the CBA system is a great plug and play system, I also think this could be duplicated with some programming and the hardware we are using now..... Crio will monitor battery voltage, and you could use a jaguar in current mode, with a resistive load like this:

($25 at harbor freight)

Then plot the voltage during discharge vs time, and calculate capacity by the time it gets to cutoff voltage.