Is it Time to Replace your Batteries? Here is how you can find out!

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In this video I will be having a closer look at the battery of my solar off-grid garage in order to find out whether it is still working perfectly fine or needs to get replaced. The battery is a LiFeYPO4 type but during the video I will also include Li-Ion and LiPo batteries and show you exactly how you can test their capacity and internal resistance in order to determine if they are still good to go. These tests are of course also suitable for all other battery types which means you will be the "master" tester for all of them after finishing this video ;-) Let's get started!

Websites which were shown/mentioned in the video:
http://www.zketech.com/nd.jsp?id=14#_np=101_304
https://files.gwl.eu/inc/_doc/attach/StoItem/1580/ThunderSky-Winston-LIFEPO4-100Ah-TALL-Datasheet.pdf
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267541/germany-monthly-wholesale-electricity-price/
https://www.amperetime.com/collections/ampere-time-12v-lithium-lifepo4-battery-series/products/ampere-time-12v-100ah-lithium-lifepo4-battery
https://www.nothnagel-marine.de/media/downloads/Lithium_Akkus/Manual%20WB-LYP100AHA%20Winston-Lithium-ion%20Batterie.pdf
https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/test-measurement/article/21128843/keysight-technologies-measuring-dcir-of-lithiumion-cells
https://batteryuniversity.com/article/bu-902-how-to-measure-internal-resistance
https://lygte-info.dk/info/Internal%20impedance%20UK.html

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0:00 Is my Big Battery Pack still good to use?
1:34 Intro
2:06 Capacity of a Battery Explained
3:44 How to measure the Capacity
7:04 Internal (DC) Resistance Explained
8:04 Measuring the Internal AC&DC Resistance
9:43 Boombox Li-Ion Battery Test
10:19 Verdict