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discharge a battery - an Active Load - a link to a relatively simple one,=20
shows some of the things others have mentioned

<http://www-d0.fnal.gov/hardware/cal/lvps_info/curr_load/>

Or

For a very basic with uC (an 8051 type)

http://iteadstudio.com/Downloadfile/Dummyload/DummyloadSch.pdf

Colin


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