Thanks to the incredible generosity of our community I have started higher power cycling of the 8 sets of 25R's and HG2's I have been using in my married battery testing. Eventually, this iCharger 4010 Duo charger will be cycling two sets of batteries.
This cycling, 100W discharge and 2A charge, will better simulate how we use these batteries and lead to a better understanding of whether we need to marry batteries or not.
Each set has already been lightly used for vaping and then cycled gently for 50 cycles to set a baseline for capacity loss and what the voltages drift to when not balanced.
After these 100 high power cycles are done I will be mixing these batteries in with sets of new batteries and cycling them some more to see if it causes any safety issues or not.
Just a FYI...I have my own thoughts regarding what the conclusions of all these tests will be.
This cycling, 100W discharge and 2A charge, will better simulate how we use these batteries and lead to a better understanding of whether we need to marry batteries or not.
Each set has already been lightly used for vaping and then cycled gently for 50 cycles to set a baseline for capacity loss and what the voltages drift to when not balanced.
After these 100 high power cycles are done I will be mixing these batteries in with sets of new batteries and cycling them some more to see if it causes any safety issues or not.
Just a FYI...I have my own thoughts regarding what the conclusions of all these tests will be.
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