On 9/23/2012 5:07 PM, Mike McCarron wrote:
At 23:34 23 September 2012, Mike the Strike wrote:
Also, 0.8 amps is about double the load the battery is rated for. The
capacity of your 9 A.h battery should be about 10 hours at 25 degrees C.
Your battery sounds cold or tired or both!

Plus, do you ever use your radio?

Mike


Where does it say that I should only draw 400 ma? The battery is brand new
and fully charged. Open circuit wasr 12.0 to start.

800 ma isn't too much to take from the battery. It will reduce the
capacity about 10% from the 400 ma, ~20 hour rate used to measure the
rated capacity.

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