Saturday, July 12, 2008

Test 002 - Renaissance Charger on 4 x AA - 1.2v each

Charging batteries that seems to be charged, but don't work well in camera. They are 5 years old AA batteries.

Charger: RC-1AU-120
Charge Setting: 2

Battery type: Ni-Mh - 2300 mAh
ID: AA-01, AA-02, AA-03, AA-04
Voltage: 4 x 1.2v
Battery State: 5 years old batteries, giving poor performances.

Charge-Discharge Cycle 1
Starting time: July 12 - 11:15
Starting Voltage: 1.25v, 1.25v, 1.21v, 1.26v

End Time: July 12 - 16:15
Ending Voltage: 1.38v, 1.38v, 1.37v, 1.38v

Total charge time: 5h

Total Discharge time
: 14h
Discharged Voltage: 1.05v, 1.19v, 0.02v, 1.21v

Charge-Discharge Cycle 2
Starting time: July 22 - 09:20
Starting Voltage: 1.05v, 1.19v, 0.02v, 1.21v (Note, 3rd battery might be dead, or completely empty?)

End Time: Between 1:30 and 3:30
Ending Voltage: 1.37v, 1.37v, 1.37v, 1.37v (Note, 3rd battery still good to go, but was totally empty.)

Total charge time: Between 4h10 and 6h10

Total Discharge time
: TBD
Discharged Voltage: TBD

Note: These batteries show very poor quality on the camera battery meter.

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