TA-0375: Battery Capacity Testing DL24 Load - Featuring Xtar Batteries - Basic Theory

The Atorch DL24 150 Watt Electronic Load Battery Tester.
My attempt to Basic Battery Testing, Theory and Dependencies.
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[@Taliesen.]

Thanks, good timing. I ordered the 180W version a few days ago.

[@TonyAlbus]

Perfect! yes they are nice, good pick!

[@avix213]

PRO TIP! if u click left and right button u reset the stored values, it save lot of time

[@TonyAlbus]

Thanks, great!

[@MarcelHuguenin]

Hey Tony! Ik gebruik al een tijdje een voorloper van deze electronic load, in een 300W versie. Heel tevreden mee. Goeie review.

[@TonyAlbus]

Dank je, ja erg blij mee, zeker om batterijen te testen, dat duurt erg lang, dan neem ik deze mee naar beneden voor een lange test hoeft niet het hele lab aan te staan.

[@dmytro_korolkov]

Hi! Thanks for the video! I have several different power stations, I wanted to test them with DL24 through the USB-C cord, the load tester stops at 15.9W+. What's interesting is that when I load the stations through the same port and cord, but with a laptop, 70-90W goes smoothly. I can't understand what the problem is and how to load the stations through the type-c port using DL24 more than 15.9W?

[@TonyAlbus]

the usb-c is for computer connection. there is an adapter available tho connect usb to the load port

[@jimwolsiffer4397]

I have an older version that is more difficult to use so again you helped me spend some $$, Tony! I had been wanting one where I could track the capacity . So many batteries are mis labeled anymore. Have you tried any 26650 types yet?

[@TonyAlbus]

Hi Jim...oh no, not agian..LOL yes the new design has improved a lot. aspecialy the software. That battery i still need to try.

[@davidv1289]

Very interesting video, Tony. Did you check the accuracy of the load - amps and volts - to see how accurate its measurements are? It looks like good value for money if the accuracy is reasonable. Thank you for showing it to us. Regards, David

[@TonyAlbus]

Thanks David, that's the cool thing, you can just calibrate it from its menu, just apply a calibrated voltage and done, same for current .. i love the simplicity.

[@ssalient]

This is actually a very nice electronic load and seems quite easy to set up! The software seems to work better and more intuitive than what comes with the Siglent loads (which is not hard because that is utter crap).

[@TonyAlbus]

Thanks! , Yes very easy to operate (good becouse the manual is so small.....) Siglent i will find out later :)

[@bobkozlarekwa2sqq59]

Tony, I am wondering if I can do data logging with this device and PC software? I need to measure battery voltage, at a constant load and graph it to an excel or CSV file? For example, how long it will take a 1.5v cell to reach 1.1v?

[@TonyAlbus]

Yes it can do that, its actualy very amazing cheap machine.

[@uni-byte]

Discharging a D cell @ 50mA would take approximately 40 hours!

[@TonyAlbus]

Correct, some high capacity batteries are made for slow discharge.. and is that not the whole point for some batteries.. 5 years or more for some.

[@nano9654]

Hi Tony, in the video, you put the cut off voltage 0.8v, is there any guideline for this parameter? I'm testing on 18650 li-ion batteries.

[@TonyAlbus]

Hi, i mention that in the video, its not exact sience

[@PAB-Elektronik]

Nice video Tony thx

[@TonyAlbus]

Thanks!

[@evaluationsystems660]

Can I use it as simple electronics load to measure current through 24v coil? And can I set different load current values like 1A, 2A etc in sequence with time.

[@TonyAlbus]

Hi, yes it works very nice as a normal load, directly on the front controls, i think with the computer software you can also program different loads and run that later, but i have not tried that yet.

[@bwilson948]

The cellphone must have GPS/location turned on

[@TonyAlbus]

Yes thats what the manual says. maybe its for Android as for my iphone i just connected with BT

[@bobkozlarekwa2sqq59]

Where is the PC software downloaded from?

[@TonyAlbus]

Hi Bob, i left a download link in the video description for you.

[@delvingoh8309]

u've got a very disturbing voice

[@TonyAlbus]

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