How to Properly Meter Batteries - Sound Speeds
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- It may seem odd but putting a battery on a multimeter is not the best way to see how long it'll last for you. It can give you a false indication of how long the battery will actually last. In this video I'm going to show you the best way I've found to meter your batteries so that they'll tell you what you really need to know.
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Leave it to you to cover subjects that are never covered but are oh so important. Nice job Alan 👍
Thank you. Yeah, low views on this video because it doesn't directly relate to sound but highly important.
Great video. Big chur from Brian in NZ
Thank you Brian. :-)
Thanks for the information. Much appreciated!
Sure thing. Thanks for watching
Great info Allen! But what's behind the change in mic?
You'll know soon. :-) I'm going somewhere with this.
So crispy 👏
Geez... you guys are good. I cab tell this isn't going to be another video I play with the audio on then reference back to it later and say "you never caught it". Good ears.
Question.
What EXACTLY does that meter do?
Correct me if I’m wrong, however I believe it’s telling you the overall HEALTH of that battery? NOT the amount of charge it has left on it?
Is that correct?
Meaning if a battery registers at 60%, fully charged it can hold 60% of what it could when it was brand new.
Or am I complete wrong?
I’m big in to flashlights and have a TON of rechargeable batteries, I would love to be able to test all my batteries and see what their health rating is this way, if any are around 40-60% I’d probably chuck them, and get new batteries to replace them.
So if this machine will do that I will be buying one.
Sorry if this is a dumb question!
That is a great point and here's what I'll say... I've only ever used premium NiMH batteries with it and it's given me complete confidence every time I've used it even on old and heavily used batteries. When batteries start holding a memory, it doesn't register as high anymore because the lights light up according to the load output. I can't recall a battery ever metering below maximum unless the charger failed to fully charge the battery and prematurely saying it was done charging. I have never pulled off a battery that metered as full and then questioned if the meter was working right because the battery failed earlier than expected. Never. There is a little bit of a learning curve while you learn what kind of battery life you have when certain lights illuminate but once you figure that out, you won't have any issues with it. I stand by what I said in this video - it's solid.
Hey Allen. I'm right now in need of purchasing new batteries for my Sennheiser G4. I'm using the eneloop blue ones. Do the Ikea Ladda be a good choice or should I get lithiums or the eneloop blacks? Thanks!
The Ladda Ikea batteries are amazing! They are nearly identical if not identical to the Eneloop Pros and HIGHLY recommended.
@@SoundSpeeds Great! Traveling tomorrow to PA so I'll grab some cause they don't have them in Ikea Puerto Rico. Thank you!
Yes! You won't be sorry. Oh, and try coming to Atlanta sometime
Awesome video, thank you!
Sure thing. Thank you for watching.
Excellent info. Thank you!
Sure thing! Thanks for watching!
That's weird, my comment from yesterday disappeared 🤔
I didn't remove it. RUclips must be playing games again.
I'm currently doing remote recording - I wish I had seen this video BEFORE I tbought my L-series batteries (with a battery sled adapter) for my MixPre because I had not known there was such a difference between Double A's. It's entirely plausible my alkaline batteries were the problem (I was getting 20 minutes tops from a full set of batteries).
Yeah, alkaline batteries shouldn't be used in pro audio gear. It's pretty volt hungry
@@SoundSpeeds on the bright side, I have the L types now. Might have needed them anyway in the future. Today I'm going to be researching harnesses, bags or clips so I can do some out doors recording. I'm really interested in nature sounds lately.
I love nature recording. Very peaceful
$95.00 bucks is a lot of $$$$$ for a battery tester
But if you want to best...
ZTS also offer two models (MINI-MBT & MINI-9RL) which test the most common battery types for about half the cost, but you should compare both models to see which is best for your needs. The ZTS MBT-1 can test 40+ battery types, but it just comes down to if you regularly use the obscure types of batteries it can test. I wish other 'pulse load' battery testers would have come to market at half the costs of the lesser ZTS models, but even if one did it still would have been more costly than the majority of lesser quality battery testers.
Those mini versions don't do much with lithium AA or 9V. If using alkaline and NiMH then you're good.
@@borbetomagus I ended up buying the MBT-1 . yes very expensive but very accurate. I have already bought them cheapo China testers that have the sliding thingy to test the battery and they end up breaking .
Same