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|    amdx to bob prohaska    |
|    Re: improvised voltage reference    |
|    25 Aug 22 05:29:42    |
      From: amdx@knology.net              On 8/23/2022 9:24 PM, bob prohaska wrote:       > Does anybody have a weblink for the temperature coefficient       > of voltage for commercial (Energizer) size 357 silver oxide-zinc       > button cells? Nominal is 1.55 volts, but knowing the temp effect       > is (maybe) important if I'm stacking up nine or ten of them.       >       > I'd like to check a trio of inexpensive Radio Shack DVMs for use       > in charging relatively-expensive lithium iron phosphate batteries.       > On the same battery the three meters report 14.41, 14.51 and 14.58       > volts, so they certainly disgree among themselves. I suspect but       > can't yet prove that the middle one is about 2% higher than actual.       >       > Yes, I probably should buy a good DVM, but the Radio Shack units       > are on-hand and except for charging batteries absolute accuracy       > isn't usually of much importance.       >       > Ten millivolts is plenty good for present purposes. If there's a       > better/cheaper improvised reference in this range please post!       > CR2032 cells are readily available, but voltage details are scarce.       >       > Thanks for reading,       >       > bob prohaska              Aliexpress, Ebay and Amazon have some for under $10, and more for under $20.              > https://tinyurl.com/2ajs395b              > https://www.google.com/search?q=5+volt+reference&client=firefo       -b-1-d&sxsrf=ALiCzsa702yEJPZb4SzokD4GXJ1Jimyrjw:1661422961250&so       rce=lnms&tbm=shop&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiA7rTr4uH5AhXOoWoFHb3PDVkQ_AUo       XoECAEQAw&biw=1472&bih=657&dpr=1.3              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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