Re: (ET) Peukert's Number

[Brian <ws3f norfolk-county com>]

At 12:47 PM 7/8/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Can anyone let me know what "peukert's number is ?

Its an arithmetic way of representing the observed effect that a battery
*appears* to have less capacity if a higher current is drawn from it.  A
higher peukert number indicates a battery which loses capacity more rapidly
than a battery with a lower number.

Usually smaller batteries have higher numbers, but not always.  You might
want to search the EV list archives for more info:

http://www.crest.org/ev-list-archive/

-Brian
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