Two separate things regarding the Cell Database I want to put up for discussion:
1.
Today I've realized that there is some confusion going on regarding the discharge current of a cell. Two entries in the Cell Database were shown to me as examples of cells with supposedly very low discharge ratings. It applies to many other cells as well though.
http://secondlifestorage.com/showthread.php?tid=1687
http://secondlifestorage.com/showthread.php?tid=1720
It says 440mA and 500mA. And this is correct but since these figures are stated as "discharge current" they seem to get read as "maximum discharge current". They are just the standard discharge current though, used by the manufacturer only for specification of the cell. The maximum discharge current for these cells is 6.6A and 20A.
Obviously everyone is strongly encouraged to read the datasheets of the cells someoneuses. However, if we want to give a short overview of the specs of a cell without having to open the datasheet then it probably makes sense to state the maximum discharge current (which is a safety threshold) alongside the standard discharge current (at which the cell was specified).
2.
I was wondering if the datasheets shouldn't be collected and stored on own storage instead of just linking them. The sites serving those datasheets may move them or take them down for whatever reason. At some point we might have a collection of dead links.
1.
Today I've realized that there is some confusion going on regarding the discharge current of a cell. Two entries in the Cell Database were shown to me as examples of cells with supposedly very low discharge ratings. It applies to many other cells as well though.
http://secondlifestorage.com/showthread.php?tid=1687
http://secondlifestorage.com/showthread.php?tid=1720
It says 440mA and 500mA. And this is correct but since these figures are stated as "discharge current" they seem to get read as "maximum discharge current". They are just the standard discharge current though, used by the manufacturer only for specification of the cell. The maximum discharge current for these cells is 6.6A and 20A.
Obviously everyone is strongly encouraged to read the datasheets of the cells someoneuses. However, if we want to give a short overview of the specs of a cell without having to open the datasheet then it probably makes sense to state the maximum discharge current (which is a safety threshold) alongside the standard discharge current (at which the cell was specified).
2.
I was wondering if the datasheets shouldn't be collected and stored on own storage instead of just linking them. The sites serving those datasheets may move them or take them down for whatever reason. At some point we might have a collection of dead links.
