TIDUEB2A July 2022 – July 2022
This design discharges the batteries through ideal diodes. This results in a discharge current proportional to the battery voltage until the batteries are discharged to an even voltage. Battery A measured 14.429 V and Battery B measured 13.858 V at the beginning of the test. Multimeters were hooked up in series with the positive terminals of the batteries to measure discharge current. The E-Load was set to draw a 5-A constant current from the system rail (the DMMs used for testing were only rated for 3 A each).
System Current (A) | Battery A Discharge Current (A) | Battery A Voltage (V) | Battery B Discharge Current (A) | Battery B Voltage (V) |
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5 | 3.11 | 12.425 | 1.91 | 12.407 |
2 | 1.33 | 13.34 | 0.68 | 13.28 |