C A P A C I T Y VA R I A T I O N B Y C U R R E N T L O A D

Figure 3

100 80
10 0 75 55

AH

1. 5

Discharge times reflect cutoff voltages which vary with the discharge current:
LOAD CURRENT FINAL VOLTAGE
AH

2.

AH

AH

0. 3. 12 20 8 33 0 AH 40 60 80 AH .5 A 4 AH AH 7 AH AH 10 AH AH 18 AH H AH AH 3 2. AH AH AH 26

AH

60 50 40

3 1.

AH

AH AH 8 0.

30

20

hrs

10 9 7 6 5 4

0.05C 1.75V/cell 0.10C 1.75V/cell 0.20C 1.75V/cell 0.50C 1.67V/cell 1.00C 1.50V/cell 2.00C 1.50V/cell 3.00C 1.37V/cell C = Capacity of battery

Discharge Time

1 54 42 36 30 24

min

18

Discharge time as a function of discharge current

12

Ambient temp. 20C (68F)

6 .1 .15 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .8 1 1.5 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 80 100

.02

.03

.05 .07

Discharge Current (Amps)