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EEVblog #140 - Battery Capacity Tutorial

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Dave Jones explains what battery capacity ratings mean, how higher discharge current reduces usable capacity and how a high device cut-off voltage wastes charge.

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Watch EEVblog #140 - Battery Capacity Tutorial for more information.

Kamil on electronics.stackexchange.com, Apr 2014. CC BY-SA.

Discussing battery capacity and voltage drop is beyond this answer, but this EEVblog video is an excellent starting point.

marcelm on electronics.stackexchange.com, Jul 2016. CC BY-SA.

You might want to watch this EEVBlog video:

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