You realize when a battery is measured for it's ampere-hour rating, the discharge is not done
continuous but over a 24 hour period, giving the battery a chance to "rest." Although your method
will give you an idea of the battery's capabilities and give you a benchmark.
From the video, Flour, sure they were not smuggling some other white powder? Ha ha.
I've always wanted to own a small spot welder, as you know, soldering to a cell is very bad for
the cell and can ruin it. Right, apply the heat quickly and cool the cell right away.
So, it is believed the battery management circuit is in the camera and not the battery? If it was in
the battery, the camera would have to have a data link to read the status. It would be interesting to
find of your new, larger battery, gets fully charged.
Same Pamona, home of Cal-Poly?
Jim
Thank you for your info.
I did tests to make sure the battery is getting fully charged.
First I charged with an external power supply to 3.2V limited to 1.5A.
Then I load tested them.
Then I charged in the Flir.
Load tested again.
The times were the same in both cases.
Here is a VERY good website comparing over 22 18650 batteries:
http://lygte-info.dk/review/batteries2012/Common18650Summary%20UK.html[/quote]