Re: maximum amperage a battery can provide?

"Pal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> How can I determine the maximum amperage a battery can provide under load?
> I am looking at 1.2V cells to build a 8 cell pack in series.  Most battery
> manufactures don't readily provide the Internal Resistance of the batteries.
> I thought the correct way was to divide the useable voltage by the Internal
> Resistance to get max Amps.
> For instance. a 1.2V cell may have a useful range of 1.24V to 1.0 Volts or
> 0.24V available.
> Then using the Internal Resistance say 24mOhms I would get 0.24/0.024 = 10
> Amps.
> Is this correct procedure?
> Then in a series pack it would not change?
> I don't see how to calculate the Max available amps from the Amp-hour rating
> alone.
> Thanks

According to the web site below, it is 3C for NiMH,
That is, a 2AH NiMH cell can deliver 6A

http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/battery/oem/images/pdf/Panasonic_NiMH_Overview.pdf

you can get a lot of information on NiMH from this web-site

http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/battery/oem/chem/nicmet/index.html