Showing posts with label electronics. Show all posts
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Monday, February 13, 2017

Understanding Battery Rating, mAh

mAh is a unit of charge.

For example, if you draw 2 mA for 5 hours, you have used 2 mA · 5 h = 10 mAh.

You can approximate how long a battery will last by dividing its total charge (in mAh) by load current (in mA).

Say you have a 1800 mAh battery, and you connect it to a 20 mA load:

1800 mAh20 mA=1800mAh20mA=90 h