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   On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 18:26:06 -0000, Ian Field    
   wrote:   
      
   > Having discovered that recycling bins in various shops are a good source of   
   > lithium battery packs that can be put to various uses, I notice quite a   
   > spread in claimed Ah capacities on the information labels.   
   >   
   > The first aquisition was labelled "5.2Ah" - there weren't any parallel   
   > combinations as it contained an uneven number of cells.   
   >   
   > The next rescue was marked "4.2Ah", and contained 3 sets of parallel pairs -   
   > so I assume the individual cell capacity is 2.1Ah.   
   >   
   > The next was lowest yet at 2.0Ah.   
   >   
   > This seems to be quite a spread for apparently identical cells, so I'm   
   > wondering if I'm missing something?!   
   >   
   > Thanks for any help.   
      
   On a similar note, I bought some Lithium Ion AA batteries from China on Ebay.    
   They claim to be 2.5 amp hours.  Yet a 1 amp charger fills them in just over   
   an hour.  I suspect they lie about the capacity.   
      
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