Battery Best Practices

[Ernst]

We tested our batteries this year as follows:

1. Acquire battery
2. Plug battery into dc to ac converter
3. Attach volt meter to leads
4. Plug Halogen bulb into converter
5. Turn on converter
6. Turn on bulb
7. Record Battery start voltage
8. Wait for battery to drop below 10 volts
9. Record time taken
10. Label battery accordingly

It took awhile, but worked fairly well for reheating pizza.


Also,

Originally Posted by fox46

Both the teams I mentor use these: http://www.tecmate.com/u_accumate_pro5.php

What are the approximate dimensions of this battery charger? We're considering building a new battery cart (wooden box containing chargers, slots for batteries, and AndyMark battery plugs. On wheels.) and this seems almost perfect.