Thread: Burn Testing Scooter Batteries. A couple of questions
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Old 29-09-06, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by RichW
Purely empirically, if your load resistor is 2 Ohms, it will draw less current than one of 1.5 Ohms.

Consequently your burn test times will be OVERestimated.
Bollocks, bollocks, bollocks. Rich is right and I am wrong. I even said that the 2 Ohm resistor draws more current.

That will teach me not to check my working.

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