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    SkyRC — IFA 2014 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

    Sorry, i worded that badly. I retested the same cells and the results of each cell were different to the first time they were tested. Each cell varied by up to 150mAH from the first test.
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    SkyRC — IFA 2014 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

    Hi, Is it normal to get wildly different results when testing cells? I put four 18650s in to see how close they would test with the same settings as above and they were differing by 50-150mAh. lem
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    SkyRC — IFA 2014 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

    Thank you, fmc1 :) I'm running a test now with those setting and will report back on the results. I won't be using a setting under 2.75v cut off but in theory, what sort of settings would show the stated capacity of the battery if it was safe to use? If i know this, i'll be able to have a good...
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    SkyRC — IFA 2014 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

    Thank you :) I'll change the settings and retest. The final discharge voltage of 2.50v i thought would be lower than it is safe to discharge but as you've advised this, I'm assuming it is in fact safe! Given these cells are 3000mAh spec, would setting of 2.50v in theory test and produce a...
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    SkyRC — IFA 2014 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

    Hi, Hope one of you kind folk could please help me out with my new mc3000 :) I'm trying to use 'refresh' mode to test the capacity of my ageing Samsung 30Q 3000mAH rated cells. I've set the cutoff to 3.2v and put 3000mAH in the program setting. When i do the test, the cells don't reach...
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