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ravedave5

We really need a 'Nutrition facts label' for electronic devices/batteries.

Usage Facts

Serving size: 1 hour

Servings per charge: 3.5

Total power (watt-hours): 56

Voltage: 12

Amp hours: 4.57

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"Total power (watt-hours)"

Nitpick, but Watt-Hours is energy, not power.

Why yes, I am very clever. Thank you for noticing.

Data sheets are a thing. More data doesn't help though, unless the consumer knows what it means. Also, it isn't really even that simple, battery capacity can vary depending on discharge rates. The root of the problem is that batteries are complicated and most people aren't engineers.

https://mm.digikey.com/Volume0/opasdata/d220001/medias/docus...

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