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Re: Batteries

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
What I understand you to be saying (please correct if this is not the intending meaning) is that you have identified under-performing batteries which would not have been identified with the 7.5A test alone. Is that right?


I suppose it would be unfair to say that they wouldn't eventually be found to be under-performing with a 7.5A test. We have had a few batteries that seemed OK testing at a lower current draw (~7.5A) that dropped off rapidly at a higher current draw (~50A). I will try to pull up some CBA data/plots this evening and compare.

I'll have to look again at the battery test files but I don't think I usually test them to as low a cutoff voltage as Allen (10.5V) and AL (8V) suggest. IIRC I usually set a cutoff voltage of 11.5V.