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3.7 Volt enough for EX1?

Started Apr 5, 2012 | Discussions thread
sherwoodpete
sherwoodpete Veteran Member • Posts: 7,767
It may not be a real difference

JoostL wrote:

The output of the original battery SLB 11A is 3.8 Volt. I found several cheap replacement batteries, however some of them are "only" 3.7 Volt. Anyone using 3.7 Volt batteries and encountering problems because of this? Or does the EX1 work just fine with 0.1 Volt less?

It's possible it's not even a real difference, it might exist only on paper.

Just like many manufacturer's specifications, unless all measurements are made by an independent tester using a standard methodology, the results may vary. It may simply be that one company rounded up a decimal figure and the other rounded down.

Equally, it may depend on whether the battery was tested under load or no-load conditions, how large was the load, whether this was the voltage of a freshly-charged cell, or an average over an extended period... there are just too many possible variations to make this anything other than a spurious difference.

Regards,
Peter

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