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18-12-2014, 18:14

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Re: paper: New Control Functions - Drive System Testing

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Originally Posted by Thad House

Is there a way to calculate how much current it would take in total to drop battery voltage to a certain level? It seems like there should be, but I don't know where to start.

You'd have to know the batteries current nominal voltage (no load), the batteries resistance (which will change some over the match), and the current current draw.

I imagine you could BS this enough to get a decent cutoff that is somewhat conservative.

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