AA battery tests

Feb 28, 2006 22 Replies

Your spec is wrong. End of life of a Battery is 0.9 V. So the 4 V will be reached very quick. 1 Amp creates at least 1 V by the contacts (8 contacts and 4 of them, the minus, are often very poor). So even with cood battery connection ... forget it and do your design correct.

Marte

"Marte Schwarz"

** Nonsense - it is easily achievable.

** Says who ?

** Bull.

End of useful life for a Ni-Cd or NiMH happens when the cell voltage is just over 1 volt - so the full capacity will be obtained.

From the supplied details - the OP's app needs 430 amp-seconds per day.

An 800 mAH Ni-Cd cell can supply 2800 amp seconds.

A 2500 mAH NiMH 9000 amp- seconds.

** One ohms worth of contact resistance at 1 amp is rather extreme.

The use of a welded or soldered pack of rechargeables eliminates that issue.

........ Phil

Hi

You could try the battery simulator developed by Evgenij Barsukov.

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I seem to remember that it includes common battery models.

He is also active in sci.chem.electrochem.battery, which might be a better place for your question.

Tom

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