Battery Testing

The battery tester software can be downloaded from West Mountain Radio

Battery Inventory

The battery inventory is stored on the Controls Google Drive. The sheet contains the following columns:

• Battery Name: The name of the battery for easy identification on the cart
• Battery #: The unique number of the battery in the format of YYYY-## where YYYY is the year the battery was first used and ## is the number of the battery in that year
  • Note that we started using this format in 2023, so batteries from before 2023 will start with 2023
• Batch #: The batch number of the battery which can be found on the top of the battery
• ####: Columns named after the year the test was performed with a value of the measured Amp Hour (Ah) of the battery

Battery Burn-in

From testing, it seems that the first time a battery is used, it may take 2 to 3 tests for a battery to reach its full capacity. This is likely due to the battery needing to be "burned in" before it can reach its full capacity.