Re: We need this for Rechargeable batteries
From: Mike Fields (spam_me_not_mr.gadget2_at_comcast.net)
Date: 10/29/04
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 22:16:17 GMT
Well, I have seen others, but this is the one I was looking at most
recently ...
http://www.powerwerx.com/product.asp?ProdID=3331
There is some good info on the Great Battery Shootout page at
http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1059170617.html
and
http://www.imaging-resource.com/ACCS/BATTS/BATTS.HTM
Dave talks about his own method of testing the batteries for those
who like to tinker and make their own stuff about 3/4 of the way
down the page under the heading "Test Methodology (Nerdy Details) ...
mikey
"Mike Fox" <mikenospamfox@satx.rroutspam.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone who has used rechargeables knows they eventually die.
> They start out with umpteen thousand mAh [milli-Amphere hours], and
> they get weaker and weaker as the months go by until one day the GPS
> quits in the middle of a long hike when you're really counting on it.
>
> I wish someone would sell a battery capacity meter. You'd stick a
> battery in it, and it would put a typical electical load on the
> battery and run it flat at which time the metter would beep and show
> the battery's current capacity in mAh.
>
> Lots of applications: Know when it's time to replace a battery.
> Match batteries of similar capacity. Identify defective bateries when
> you buy them. Etc.
>
> Anybody know if such a device exists?
>
> Mike
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