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How to Calculate the charge/discharge power of a battery?
I need to measure the discharge power of a battery in general.
At the end i want the maximum charge/discharge power as a function of the state of charge(SOC).
So i need a curve that looks like the ...
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Can leaving rechargeable batteries in the unplugged charger for a few weeks cause batteries to lose their charge?
Is it okay to leave rechargeable batteries in charger even if it's not plugged in?
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How long does my battery last? [closed]
The only information I'm given is that each battery has a useful energy of 100000 Wh (500 Wh/kg), my discharge rate is 10C, and has to power an electric motor that should output 1000 kW. I'm having ...
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How to detect low battery of a lead-acid battery?
I've heard that discharging a lead-acid battery to 0% is bad and wears it out. I have a 10Ah 12v lead-acid battery, is there a circuit to tell me when the battery is low?
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How do I determine the maximum amp output of a battery pack?
How can I determine the maximum amp output of a battery pack?
Some background: I've got a 5-AA battery pack hooked up to a microcontroller and some continuous rotation servos, but there's current ...
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Sawtooth generator not working - transistor wont discharge my capacitor
I have been trying to build a sawtooth generator using current source which linearly charges my capacitor and a comparator which was supposed to discharge my capacitor, instead it doesn't. Here is the ...
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Circuit to safely power-down Raspberry Pi
I want to use a Raspberry Pi as an XBMC server in the car. The XBMC docs say that you should always use the shutdown command before disconnecting the power. I don't want to have to (tell my wife to) ...
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LiPo discharge circuit doesn't work
A friend of mine gave me this circuit to discharge a 3V7, 5000mAh single-cell LiPoly accu:
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
The zener is to make sure that the ...
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Constant current battery discharge
I'm simulating NiMH cell discharge from 1.5V to 1.0V. The circuit I drew is supposed to draw a constant current from the battery.
I simulate a DC Sweep in circuit lab but somehow the current draw ...
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Why is this capacitor not discharging?
I am trying to implement a delay mechanism out of passive components. The digital input in this case is a PIC input pin. The operation is as follows. The capacitor is pre-charged to 5v, and then the ...
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Need help designing a custom box
I am doing a hobby project and I don't know much about engineering; therefore I decided to ask pros.
I have a 12v electric device that runs on Car battery only and I need to make it work if there is ...
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LSD NiMH cells that provide reasonable capacity even in subfreezing temperatures
Sanyo claims that 2000 mAh Eneloop LSD AA NiMH batteries provide about 1400 mAh at -10 °C (-15 °F).
I wonder if only Eneloops provide reasonable capacity in the cold, or if the competition does too. ...
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Calculating resistance given capacitance and charge over time
Given the seconds \$t\$ it takes a capacitor (with farads \$C\$) to discharge from 5 volts (\$V_0\$) to 0 volts (\$V_t\$), how do you calculate the effective ohms of resistance R in a circuit?
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Automatically discharging capacitor [closed]
Say I have a capacitor of 100uF connected to 2Volts battery supply (In real circuit, this will be a solar panel exposed in the sun)... After some time, the capacitor will be charged fully with a ...
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Capacitor discharge after charge
I have this circuit for charging a capacitor:
What I need is a circuit for discharging the capacitor after 'V' (the voltage across the 100 µF capacitor) has reached the maximum value of 2V. I ...
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What's a good estimate on how low an alkaline battery voltage can be to still make the battery useful?
Here's a YT video by Duracell about how many batteries declared dead and sent to recycling still have some usable energy. In the beginning of the video there's a sequence where they have a row of ...
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Making a lithium polymer circuit
I want to create a circuit that will power my Raspberry Pi using Lithium Polymer. My knowledge of LiPo is rather low and I believe they can get dangerous if used incorrectly so I turn here.
THe ...
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Constant power discharge of a non-ideal capacitor
My employer sells boost converters to hold up motor drives during power loss. These boost converters are fed from capacitor banks. In order to size these banks correctly, we need to take their ...
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What's the max discharge (in “C”) of a Pb-acid and LiFePO4 (lithium iron phosphate)?
I know that lead acid batteries can handle massive loads, and they are even used to power houses with solar panels, but what is the maximum safe discharge for one of these?
I've done some Googling ...
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At what voltage is a NiMH battery empty?
I have a battery pack of NiMH batteries. It is ten cells with 1.2V, 4000mAh each, put together in series. So rated voltage is 12V. After charging, i.e. when the charging device says that it is ...
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Understanding voltage and current
While reading "Electronics for dummies" went through the following block and I realised that I have some uncleared concepts about electricity:
Electrostatic discharge involves very high voltages ...
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How can I quickly and safely discharge a charged capacitor (small and low voltage; <= 42V)?
I am learning how to use capacitors (ceramic and electrolytic from 1pf - 1000uf) and am trying out various experiments using a breadboard. I am constantly adding/removing things to my layout to see ...
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Adding voltage cutoff to a circuit? 3s li-po [duplicate]
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Adding voltage cutoff to a circuit?
Adding voltage cutoff to a circuit?
I'm powering a project with a 3-cell 11.1V LiPo battery. What circuit do I add to make the unit ...
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How to Calculate the time of Charging and Discharging of battery?
How do I calculate the approximated time for the Charging and Discharging of the battery? Is there any equation available for the purpose? If yes, then please provide me.
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Properly charging and discharging Lithium cells during battery testing?
I'm working on some software that automates charging and discharging battery cells to generate discharge curves. I have a few concerns about properly charging and discharging of lithium-ion / ...
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Capacitor Discharge through Constant Current Source
I was just thnking of how to model the voltage decay from a fully charged capacitor through a constant current source (CCS). A good approximation to this would be to model the constant current source ...
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charging and discharging capacitors
I'm wondering if it's possible to charge say a capacitor with a stepper motor (~12V DC after rectifying), which when it reaches its maximum capacity discharges. I'd like the discharged power to ...
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Way to discharge solenoid without (heated) resistors?
Here is a simple simulation of a schematic for my solenoid:
Once the switch is closed, the solenoid will be activated with ~80mA charge. When it is open (where the screenshot is at) it will ...
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Can I Test Bug Zapper's Voltage With Multimeter?
I have The Executioner bug zapper:
Although it uses 2 AA 1.5v batteries, it also has voltage multiplier like Cockcroft–Walton generator i guess and would like to know if it is safe and would make ...
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How does corona ring help against corona discharge?
Corona discharge is flow of current from the electrode to the outer air. Corona discharge happens (among other) in high-voltage power lines.
One way to reduce corona discharge in this case is using ...
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How do I find the maximum “discharge C rating” of a battery?
I've been experimenting running my 3A LED strips off battery power and the results are disappointing. I'm only getting a few minutes (< 10) out of a YSD-168 1800mAh lithium ion. How can I find the ...
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Is it possible to fire a spark plug from batteries
I wanted to create a remote fired trigger for a spud gun so I can trigger it remotely.
Ideally I'd like to use a spark plug to fire because it should work well for gas mixtures but the trigger is ...
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How do I calculate how fast a capacitor will discharge?
Say I have a 1F capacitor that is charged up to 5V. Then say I connect the cap to a circuit that draws 10 mA of current when operating between 3 and 5 V. What equation would I use to calculate the ...
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RC circuit understandings
I am trying to understand the principles of a RC charging / discharging circuit however I'm at loss regarding certain aspects of its operation.
I have a square wave generator giving 0v to 5V levels ...
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How to I determine/ interpret values of autoranging multimter
I have an autoranging multimeter and many AA batteries.... how do I interpret the readings when deciding to keep or discard AA (1.5 volt) batteries?
