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Old 05-06-2016, 09:32 AM   #59 (permalink)
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Yeah, the discharge curve of batteries is really not linear. Once they get outside of their normal SOC range, they drop like a brick. Here is a discharge curve for a nimh battery I found here. You went from the red mark on the left to the red mark on the right in those 3 hours.

BTW, what charger/discharger design did you go with? I need to make one too.

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