Discharge rate of 125 MA. Looking at my records, for some reason these
packs were not tested when new, but that was only maybe three months ago
anyway.
My 110s tested at 115-120 MAh with the same discharge current. Recognizing
that the tester could be giving an erroneous reading with so high a
discharge rate, I would still expect the real-world life of the 80s to
approach better than 50 perrcent of the 110s, if not higher.
If I can ascertain whether NiMH cells can be charged with the same equipment
as NiCADs, I'll go that route, since it seems that much more capacity is
available with less weight. I'm running an experiment now along those
lines. Film at 11.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tom Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: [RCSE] HLG battery life questions
> So to properly test an 80 mah you need a discharge current of 80 ma. Not
> many testers will go this low. Typically at 5C (400ma) discharge you
could
> see a 30% decrease from Rated Capacity.
>
> I agree the 35-43 mah does seem low, as long as your discharge current was
> not too terribly high.
>
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