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Do batteries really lose power?


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I haven't tried it myself.  Assuming the description is correct, tiny batteries hold 10 kJ and lose 2 W.  Therefore, it would take 5000 seconds, or 1.4 hours of real time, to lose all the charge from one.  It would lose about 10% of its charge in ten minutes, which should be just about noticeable on its status meter.  Has anyone observed one for that long?

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5 hours ago, terrachronos said:

I can tell for a fact that they do lose power, at least the tiny ones. I can't say the exact rate, but I've seen the power level drop during the night with one the science machines attached.

I have also seen the power drop on a small battery that were not powering anything at the time.

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4 hours ago, jim972601714 said:

If you look at the cycle report it will tell you how many power have been lost.

Yeah but infortunately it also accounts for things such as coal generator overproducing. 

The thing is still that in a lot of cases batteries don't seem to lose power constantly, but in spikes or i don't know

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