LetThereBeLite
Newly Enlightened
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- Oct 27, 2010
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Hi. I just got a C9000 to accompany my LC BC9009.
I wanted to break-in some some new batteries but first I wanted to fully discharge them before I started the break-in process on the C9000. But it seems the discharge function did NOT fully discharge the two AA batteries. Is this normal?
After the two batteries were discharged on the C9000, I took them out and put one in my Klarus ST10 flashlight and it still lit up--even in the HIGH setting. I put the other AA battery into the LC BC9009 and set it to discharge. The BC9009 was able to discharge another 22 mah. Then I placed it back into the C9000 and tried discharging again using 100 ma discharge rate and it discharged another 8 mah.
Is this normal? A discharge does not fully discharge a battery on the C9000? I guess a discharge on the BC9009 didn't fully discharge either as the C9000 was able to discharge another 8 mah after the BC9009 discharged 22 mah. LOL.
It seems to me if one wants to fully and completely discharge a battery, one has to leave it in a flash light and leave it on until it goes completely dark. This also seems to imply that whenever one uses the discharge function to test how much capacity one's battery has, that it actually has a little more capacity than the discharge function would seem to indicate. Is this correct?
It know it is bad to completely and utterly discharge a li-on battery. Does that equally apply to a ni-mh battery? Does it destroy a ni-mh battery if it is completely and utterly discharged?
Thanks. lovecpf
I wanted to break-in some some new batteries but first I wanted to fully discharge them before I started the break-in process on the C9000. But it seems the discharge function did NOT fully discharge the two AA batteries. Is this normal?
After the two batteries were discharged on the C9000, I took them out and put one in my Klarus ST10 flashlight and it still lit up--even in the HIGH setting. I put the other AA battery into the LC BC9009 and set it to discharge. The BC9009 was able to discharge another 22 mah. Then I placed it back into the C9000 and tried discharging again using 100 ma discharge rate and it discharged another 8 mah.
Is this normal? A discharge does not fully discharge a battery on the C9000? I guess a discharge on the BC9009 didn't fully discharge either as the C9000 was able to discharge another 8 mah after the BC9009 discharged 22 mah. LOL.
It seems to me if one wants to fully and completely discharge a battery, one has to leave it in a flash light and leave it on until it goes completely dark. This also seems to imply that whenever one uses the discharge function to test how much capacity one's battery has, that it actually has a little more capacity than the discharge function would seem to indicate. Is this correct?
It know it is bad to completely and utterly discharge a li-on battery. Does that equally apply to a ni-mh battery? Does it destroy a ni-mh battery if it is completely and utterly discharged?
Thanks. lovecpf
