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Old 05-09-2011 | 05:25 AM
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Default RE: battery charging


ORIGINAL: harryangus

Also, you mentioned to cycle a few time to determine capacity. How do you determine the capacity? I have a regular Hangar 9 voltmeter with 3 levels 2A, 1A and .5A. Whicj one should I use?
To determine the capacity of the battery you need a charger that is capable of doing a discharge/charge cycle on the battery. The charger will discharge the battery down to the 1.1v/cell level and then it will recharge the battery and display the amount of charge the battery took. This will give you it's capacity.

Ken