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Battery Discharge Test Procedure

1. Test Name: Battery Discharging

Test Author: Andrew and Xiaolong
Battery is connected to a decade resistor box, the resistance is set to 8 ohms (6.5V and 750mA)
to simulate the current draw, voltage across the terminal of the battery is measured every 15
minutes with the resistor box is connected. The results are collected and a scatter graph can be
created to show the relationship of battery discharging. Then high voltage and low voltage
disconnected voltages can be determined based on the resulting curve.

2. Required Equipment
Equipment Description Quantity Settings
1 Multimeter 1 Measure voltage
2 Decade resistor box 1 8 ohms
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Table 1: Required equipment and its settings.

3. Test Procedure
Step 1: Set the decade box as close as possible to 8 ohms

Step 2: Connect the decade resistor box across the battery terminals.

Step 3: Measure the voltages across the terminals of the battery every 15 minutes when the
resistor box is connected. Record the value is MS Excel.

Step 4: When the battery terminal voltage drops below 5.8V disconnect the decade box and
battery.

4. Test Results
Step # Description Spec Measurement
1 Length of time for the battery
terminal voltage to drop 4 Hours Time (Minutes): 250 Minutes
below 5.8V
Table 2: The results of the test procedure.
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Xiaolong (Battery B) Andrew (Battery A)

Time (min) Connected Voltage (V) Disconnected Voltage (V) Minutes Voltage (V)
0 6.23 6.5 0 6.492
15 6.23 6.38 15 6.376
30 6.22 6.34 30 6.360
45 6.19 6.32 45 6.330
60 6.17 6.27 60 6.300
75 6.14 6.25 75 6.290
90 6.11 6.21 90 6.255
105 6.08 6.18 105 6.235
120 6.05 6.16 120 6.200
135 6.01 6.13 135 6.178
150 5.97 6.09 150 6.145
165 5.93 6.06 180 6.070
180 5.88 6.02 195 6.032
195 5.83 5.97 210 6.012
210 5.75 5.92 225 5.900
225 5.66 5.86 240 5.800
240 5.46 5.73 255 5.000
255 5.11 5.41
Table 3: Terminal Voltage vs. Time

Battery Test
6.6

6.4

6.2

6
Voltage (V)

5.8

5.6
Battery B (Connected)
5.4
Battery B (Disconnected)
5.2
Battery A
5
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
Time (Minutes)

Figure 1: Battery Terminal voltage vs. Time

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5. Pass/Fail
Did the unit pass or fail the test? Defend your decision.

PASS FAIL
Pass
Table 4: PASS/FAIL