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Old 12-29-2011, 08:19 PM   #15 (permalink)
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In the automotive trades, a battery load test is as follows:

-Load the battery with a carbon pile to exactly half of the battery's cold cranking amp rating for 15 seconds.
-if the battery voltage falls below 9.6V at any point, the battery is toast.

Now we test batteries with a small hand held electronic gizmo. I think battery gnomes go through the wires and do a full inspection of the inside of the battery. Seriously - the machine is pretty cool how it works. It sends pulses through the battery and measures the reaction. At least that's what makes sense to me - it could work a different way. Actually I'm probably wrong. We'll go with the "battery gnome" theory.

I will use both testing methods, most likely. But before all that I have to acquire a motor.
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