RBR’s Testing Assumptions

The Fixed Load Test and the Constant Current Test do not reflect real world applications or real world uses of rechargeable batteries. The choice of using a constant current test as part of a standard might have been made for practical reasons, but it does not invalidate the Fixed Load Test.

Rechargeable Battery Reviews choice for using the Fixed Load Test was made for practical reasons to RBR.

Rechargeable Battery Review’s Testing Assumptions

Constant Current Test ( CCT )

• The 0.2C CCT is not a real world use of the rechargeable battery.
• The 0.2C CCT does not mean the rechargeable battery performs best at this discharge rate.
• Any rechargeable battery may perform better for example at 0.1C, 0.05C, 0.25C or even 0.3C.
• Any rechargeable battery may perform better or worse in real world devices.
• Rechargeable batteries should deliver close to its rated capacity whether it is used in a device with Fixed Load characteristics at 0.05C or in a device with Constant Current characteristics at 0.2C.

Fixed Load Test ( FLT )

• The FLT is not a real world use of the rechargeable battery.
• The FLT does not mean the rechargeable battery performs best at this discharge rate.
• Any rechargeable battery may perform better for example at 0.1C, 0.25C or even 0.3C.
• Any rechargeable battery may perform better or worse in real world devices.
• Rechargeable batteries should deliver close to its rated capacity whether it is used in a device with Fixed Load characteristics at 0.05C or in a device with Constant Current characteristics at 0.2C.