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| Wimberleytech:
I use the freebie Cen-Tech multimeter (Harbor Freight gives away from time to time) for testing batteries because it tests them under load. I have a few of them. So I designed this 3D-printed add-on so that this meter is a dedicated battery tester. Still thinking of ways to improve it but works well in the current configuration. |
| tooki:
That’s cool I guess, but what is the scale used? The manual’s description makes no sense to me: 1.5V at 4mA is 6mW, not 370mW. And I’ve never heard of displaying battery capacity by current, always by voltage under load. |
| Gyro:
A load current of 25mA for a 9V battery and only 4mA for an AA cell doesn't sound right. That's a moderately heavy load for the 9V but insignificantly low for the AA. :-\ I assume it's using the same resistor for both. The AA reading is going to give a misleading (high voltage) result. |
| Stray Electron:
How/why is it reading 3.5 with only a single 1.5V battery in the adapter? |
| Gyro:
3.5mA? It looks weird. It should be measuring the battery voltage while it is under load, not asking the user to try to extrapolate from the current. :-// A pretty useless function. |
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