Hello everyone. Obvious newbie here.
I have 16 Amazon Basics 2000 mAh AAs that I recently purchased at the same time as a LaCrosse BC-9009 charger. (I did research before purchase but missed some of the more pertinent threads here that I have since read, or I might would have ordered a Maha MH-C9000 instead...but it's too late now.)
I have charged all of these batteries and I kept some basic data which I will include below. I have not yet put any of them under load. (The main impetus for me getting these in the first place has been out of commission since about the time I got the charger. I have other items I could put them in - including a few lights - but I am waiting until the alkalines in them are discharged.)
Since I did all this initial charging before joining this forum, I did not discharge/charge them according to what I think are CPF "standards".
Here is what I did:
- I noted their voltage when I first put them in the charger.
- I used the TEST function (charge - discharge - charge)
- I discharged at 350 mA
- I charged at 700 mA
Here are the results:
Code:
Initial % Stated % Stated
Battery Voltage Capacity Capacity Capacity Capacity
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AAZ1 1.28 2150 107.50%
AAZ2 1.28 2140 107.00%
AAZ3 1.28 2140 107.00%
AAZ4 1.28 2090 104.50%
AAZ5 1.28 2080 104.00% 2120 106.00%
AAZ6 1.28 2140 107.00% 2180 109.00%
AAZ7 1.28 2120 106.00% 2150 107.50%
AAZ8 1.28 2070 103.50% 2110 105.50%
AAZ9 1.28 2130 106.50%
AAZ10 1.28 2130 106.50%
AAZ11 1.28 2150 107.50%
AAZ12 1.28 2090 104.50%
AAZ13 1.28 2170 108.50%
AAZ14 1.28 2130 106.50%
AAZ15 1.28 2140 107.00%
AAZ16 1.28 2090 104.50%
Again, all this was fresh out of the package. (Except, of course, for the second set of data on batteries 5 through 8 which were TESTed again more as a curiosity to see if the numbers would change much.)
I don't know if any of this helps anyone at all....
Please enlighten me (very bad pun intended) as to:
- What standard practices I should put in play with any batteries fresh out of the package (remember I have the LaCrosse charger)
- What you would like to see me do with these Amazon Basics to give you useful data
To address the previous posts suggesting these are BYD batteries: I can't speak to that directly, but I can state that they have "Made in China" printed on them.
Looking forward to interacting.
Thanks!