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I am accumulating a fairly large stack of rechargeable batteries from battery packs where one or more cells have died. They include LiIon, NIMH, but mostly NiCad. Until know I have been putting in all new cells when I rebuild a pack. I was thinking that I would like to break the packs apart and test each cell to determine its capacity. Then knowing that, rebuild the packs with similar capacity cells.
I have some general ideas on what I would do for a circuit. Something along the lines of a fixed load (high wattage resistor) connected to a high impedence input voltage comparator, that allows a timer to run until the threshold is breached (test battery voltage drops below x Volts).
Should I run the timer based on current or voltage output? What threshold for current or voltage would you recommend? What load would you place on a single cell to perform the test? Or is there a better methodology?
I have some general ideas on what I would do for a circuit. Something along the lines of a fixed load (high wattage resistor) connected to a high impedence input voltage comparator, that allows a timer to run until the threshold is breached (test battery voltage drops below x Volts).
Should I run the timer based on current or voltage output? What threshold for current or voltage would you recommend? What load would you place on a single cell to perform the test? Or is there a better methodology?
