theDIYHobbyist
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Hey guys, I've got a newbie question that Ihope someonecan answer for me. I apologize if this has been discussed elsewhere, please link below if it has.
So my question is this. Should there be a difference between discharge mAh and charge mAh?
I am Cap Testing my cells with the Foxnovo F-4S (Opus is in the mail), and I've noticed there are differences in the two capacities. I set my good cells in the charger and I let them do their thing. Then I come back an hour or so later, while it's in its discharge, and see that some or all of the cells are sitting at 2100-2400 mAh. This pleases me, so I go back to doing whatever. A few more hours go by, *beeep beeep* *beeep beeep*. I walk over to the charger, Sharpie in hand, just to find out that the cell only charged to 1521 mAh.
Now in my head, I would think I would care more about the discharge capacity than the charge capacity, but that's me. I also know there is very little operational/reference literature on the current charger I'm using. Short of camping out at the charger, or installing a CCTV system to monitor the charger, is there a way to see the discharge capacity after the fact?
Any information would be appreciated and I thank everyone in advance.
Nick
So my question is this. Should there be a difference between discharge mAh and charge mAh?
I am Cap Testing my cells with the Foxnovo F-4S (Opus is in the mail), and I've noticed there are differences in the two capacities. I set my good cells in the charger and I let them do their thing. Then I come back an hour or so later, while it's in its discharge, and see that some or all of the cells are sitting at 2100-2400 mAh. This pleases me, so I go back to doing whatever. A few more hours go by, *beeep beeep* *beeep beeep*. I walk over to the charger, Sharpie in hand, just to find out that the cell only charged to 1521 mAh.
Now in my head, I would think I would care more about the discharge capacity than the charge capacity, but that's me. I also know there is very little operational/reference literature on the current charger I'm using. Short of camping out at the charger, or installing a CCTV system to monitor the charger, is there a way to see the discharge capacity after the fact?
Any information would be appreciated and I thank everyone in advance.
Nick