therustyone wrote:
On 12 Aug, 22:22, "The Medway Handyman" davidl...@no-spam-
blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
Djornsk wrote:
On 12/08/2010 21:36, The Medway Handyman wrote:
Looking to test AA, AAA etc batteries. There seem to be 4 testers
commonly available;

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?MenuNo=77841

Just want bin it or use it info really, don't mind paying a bit
more for a better one though.

Any comments?

Many people find a multimeter quite adequate for doing this

http://www.ladyada.net/library/metertut/voltage.html

Maplin sell them from £5-ish and you have an instrument which can be
used for many more jobs than just checking batteries.

Should have said, obviously I have a DMM, but the scale on DC volts
doesn't give a meaningfull result with batteries, besides which I
want to keep it in a drawer in the kitchen, not in the van :-)


Best to get a DMM with 1.5 and 9v battery test ranges that put a heavy
load on the battery, otherwise the no load voltage is not a good test.

Ah. Interesting. Didn't realise that - thanks.

eg. Powercraft PMM-940 that Aldi sell from time to time for about £6.

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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk