On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:42:37 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:58:53 +0000, T i m wrote:

I was looking about to see if anyone had an affordable solution for
testing realistic battery capacity out there.

For wet cells the specific gravity of the electrolyte tells you the state
of charge.

Understood but very few batteries are wet and accessible these days
(AGM / VRLA / recombination / whatever).

http://www.actmeters.com/Gold-IBT-2.php

Cheaper from CPC:

http://cpc.farnell.com/act-meters/go...ter/dp/IN02529

No other comments on how it performs.

Ok and thanks,

T i m