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author: K5_489
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2024, 04:50:11 pm
content: Edit...never mind...I'm over trying to explain that I don't want a damn charger.....

author: Bryn
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2024, 05:14:50 pm
content: Here are some good ones for you to have a look at...ZOTAC ZBOX CI329 NanoiCharger 406 DuoSkyRC B6AC V2Turnigy Accucel-6 (if you're looking for a cheaper alternative)Hopefully any of these would be most beneficial to you

author: K5_489
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2024, 05:35:00 pm
content: Quote from: Bryn on October 14, 2024, 05:14:50 pmThe Zotac is a mini PC? Not sure how that works for battery analysis?Emphasis on "analyzer" here, not "charger". Having an all-in-one charger/analyzer would be handy, but it's the analyzer functions I'm primarily after.Cost isn't really an issue, either. Granted, I'm not looking to spend 10 grand on one of these things, but $300 isn't at all unreasonable to me either. I'd rather get good function equipment than "cheap".

author: Bryn
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2024, 06:24:45 pm
content: Apologies... my research failed on me thereAnyway, here's some more suggestions, fitting more with what you want...Mastech MS5308Ansmann Energy 1000Batteryminder 1500Any of these suit your needs?

author: K5_489
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 16, 2024, 03:22:35 am
content: I'm responding to a bot, aren't I?Absolutely none of these suggestions are anything even remotely close to a CBA....

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 16, 2024, 04:55:19 am
content: Get an ESR meter for batteries, pretty much every battery in common use increases in ESR as they approach end of life.

author: K5_489
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 16, 2024, 06:51:16 am
content: Quote from: NiHaoMike on October 16, 2024, 04:55:19 amEdit...never mind...I'm over it.

author: Bryn
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 16, 2024, 10:39:35 am
content: Quote from: K5_489 on October 16, 2024, 03:22:35 amNo, I'm a human being like your good self.And by the way, the things I researched onarebattery analysers, and Ididread the information about them more than once before I suggested them to you.

author: mtwieg
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 16, 2024, 11:52:50 am
content: Quote from: Bryn on October 16, 2024, 10:39:35 amThe only thing you suggested which could come close to a battery analyzer is the SkyRC B6AC V2 (can charge and discharge, though it doesn't look like the device firmware automates this very much, so debatable whether it's really an "analyzer")Quote from: NiHaoMike on October 16, 2024, 04:55:19 amESR increase and capacity/SoH loss can both lead to end of life, but the two are almost completely independent of each other (in all battery chemistries AFAIK). I believe the OP was interested in measuring capacity/SoC/SoH, which an ESR measurement won't tell you.Unfortunately, practically every handheld "battery analyzer" you find on Amazon/Aliexpress is useless for measuring actual capacity/SoH. They can generally measure CCA and ESR okay, which is useful for starter batteries. Many claim to use electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) to get a very fast measure of SoC, but such methods are far from foolproof and need to be tailored to the specific battery in use. I wouldn't bother with anything which doesn't do a full charge/discharge cycle, which should take many hours.