What is the difference between constant voltage charging and constant current charging?

Constant voltage allows the full current of the charger to flow into the battery until the power supply reaches its pre-set voltage. Constant current is a simple form of charging batteries, with the current level set at approximately 10\% of the maximum battery rating.

How do you determine battery capacity?

Battery capacity is measured in milliamps × hours (mAH). For example, if a battery has 250 mAH capacity and provides 2 mA average current to a load, in theory, the battery will last 125 hours.

What is the charging constant?

Constant-current charging simply means that the charger supplies a relatively uniform current, regardless of the battery state of charge or temperature. Constant-current charging helps eliminate imbalances of cells and batteries connected in series.

Does battery have constant voltage or current?

In a battery, the number of protons and electrons in the system are fixed, causing a constant voltage that varies with the charge of the battery.As the electrons flow from one terminal to the other, the voltage drops because there are less free protons.

How much current does A battery draw when charging?

A basic charger usually charges at around 2 amps – and so needs 24 hours to deliver the 48 amps needed to fully charge a flat, 48 amp hour battery. But there is a wide range of chargers with different charge rates on the market – from 2 to 10 amps. The higher the charge output, the faster a flat battery is recharged.

Can I use a different mAh battery?

Some chargers run each slot separately so mixing is no issue, other run the batteries in series and mixing is a BAD idea. Using batteries in mixed configurations is ALWAYS a bad idea. Even if they are the same mAH, but from different brands or different ages they should not be used together.