Hi, Dave

> I can't see current out of the battery, we tried it, and even a 0.01 ohm
> sense resistor caused problems.
> It's a 10A pulsed current, so it's 0.1V droop, in addition to the
> unavoidable droop in the rest of the system.
>
> If I knew how much was spent, that would be one thing, but it might be 20
> all the time, and to make sure I handled it, i'd have to put in 50.
> Overcharging by that much is a problem.

    The printhead is software controlled, right ? Can't you make a rough
estimate based on software and reduce the problem without putting the
batteries in danger ? It should be possible to have, at least, the magnitude
of the power consumption..

best regards,
Alexandre Guimaraes

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