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EEVblog:

--- Quote from: razvanme on December 20, 2016, 11:18:42 am ---4 AAA's I tried to do some tests myself, I gave up due to Picoscope software that does not allow logging of data  |O. So 4 AAA's going your way.

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Thanks. One will get damaged with wires soldered on it for testing, so that leaves 3 for a product.
FrankBuss:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on December 20, 2016, 11:15:10 am ---To check when a product stops I'm simply time lapse recording every product next to a stopwatch. When the product stops, low batt comes on etc I have my time (and video proof).

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Right, but that's no fun :) I already learned a lot by building it and setup the automated measuring procedure.

For the characteristic curves I checked my HM8012 multimeter and the uCurrent with this nice device: http://www.voltagestandard.com/DMMCheck_Plus.html (with the nice case you can see at the bottom, but an older version, without the AC/DC switch, just DC). Cross checked with a BM257s multimeter and all results are very well below 1%. And the ADG608 switch is really good, no difference when measuring the voltage at an input and when switched to an output.
FrankBuss:

--- Quote from: razvanme on December 20, 2016, 11:18:42 am ---4 AAA's I tried to do some tests myself, I gave up due to Picoscope software that does not allow logging of data  |O.

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I had a Picoscope many years ago, and it was possible with it. But looks like they removed the feature in later software? https://www.picotech.com/support/topic6815.html :o Maybe the Picolog software supports your Picoscope.

But they have a nice and documented API, it is easy to write some data logging program for it.
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: Fungus on December 19, 2016, 12:46:40 pm ---If it cut out at 1.1V then it's not using all the battery. There could still be 10%-20% left in there.

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Which is the ballpark we all expect the Batteriser to improve things by on most modern products, at best.
If that turns out to be the case then it's a dead duck product. No one is going to give up the functionality of their battery gauge for 10-20% extra battery life and have the thing just die on them.
Fungus:
One of Batteroo principal claims is that they can be used with "dead" batteries.

I think we need to do tests starting with "dead" batteries and show the public how much longer things will run.

eg. A LED torch might start up again with a Batteriser but I don't think it'll run for more than 20-30 seconds. That's a looooong way off the 80% that Bob claims it will do.  :-//

This would make for good, simple to understand video footage ("Batteroo lies!").

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