Hi Brooke,

I've considered that, but the problem is that we have a lot of
batteries to test (and we want to do multiple cycles each) and don't
want to devote much manpower to it. I was therefore thinking that a
device which could BOTH charge and discharge would be best. I'm
considering getting both a programmable power supply and programmable
load and putting them together with a PC to create such a device, but
I was hoping to find a simpler solution.

Sean


On 7/27/07, Brooke Clarke <brooke@pacific.net> wrote:
> Hi Sean:
>
> If all you want to do is measure battery capacity then an electronic load may
> by all you need.  That's how I do it.  See:
> http://www.prc68.com/I/EL1132.shtml
> Rated for 60 Volts, 60 Amps, 360 Watts.  But these come in many sizes.  I use
> an old laptop to program 1 minute at the current used by a transmitter then 9
> minutes at the current used by a receiver to test batteries that go into radios.
>
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