Thread: Ranking batteries using a Battery Beak?
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Re: Ranking batteries using a Battery Beak?
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Originally Posted by Billfred View Post
While I know the most effective determination of battery health is something like a CBAIV, the Battery Beak is accepted as a very good way to check on a battery when you can't discharge it.

Given the data from a Beak, how do you determine the ideal next battery? State of charge? Internal resistance? V0/V1/V2? Any attempt to balance out match cycles? This thread had a lot of good information, but not quite that information.
Assuming all batteries are in good status, we will take batteries at 115% and over to be "charged" and good for a match. If I recall correctly, 130% on the Battery Beak is a fully charged battery off of the charger.