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9V Toshiba Heavy Duty Carbon Zinc Battery Tests

29, Nov 2013

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The 9V Toshiba Heavy Duty batteries we are testing here are essentially lower capacity Zinc batteries, even though they are not labeled as such the Heavy Duty in the name points exactly to that along with the lack of Alkaline anywhere written on the battery. These batteries are often found in supermarkets for example and are relatively cheap, so you can often make a mistake of taking them if you need a 9V battery for some device. And while nowadays 9V batteries are not so commonly used, there are still a lot of devices that need them and it is a wise idea to spend your money on something better that will last longer. The particular battery we are testing here is with an expiration date of 01-2016 and according to Toshiba these batteries are suitable for slightly heavy duty to light duty applications such as flashlights, radio cassette recorders and clocks.


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In order to test the capacity of the 9V Toshiba Heavy Duty batteries we are using a constant current discharge rate of 0.05A (50 miliampers) and we have managed to get just 4 mAh out of the Toshiba battery. No, that is not a mistake, it simply means that our test discharge current seems to be a bit higher for these batteries and they simply cannot handle it well. So much for recommending these over any other Zinc batteries as we usually should get about 100-150 mAh as useable capacity in our test scenario under these conditions. In fact we have managed to get more useable capacity out of a Carbon Zinc battery that has expired already than what this new Toshiba battery has managed to provide. At a lower loads the battery should probably handle better and be able to provide higher useable capacity, however that does not make it things any better – in short we are very disappointed from the result.

The performance of the 9V Toshiba Heavy Duty batteries in our tests:

– 4 mAh at 0.05A load

– 0.030 Wh at 0.05A load

9V Duracell Alkaline Battery Tests

30, Aug 2013

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The 9V Duracell Alkaline batteries we test here are rated with up to 5 years shelf life and are marked for use up to 03-2017. Duracell’s website does not have detailed specifications about these batteries, so we have to check them out by testing the actual capacity we can get out of these. And since we are using the standard Duracell Copper Top Alkaline batteries as our reference to judge and compare to other batteries the result we get here is very important for our further tests.


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To test the capacity that the 9V Duracell alkaline batteries can provide we are using a constant current discharge test with 0.05A load (50 miliampers) due to the fact that the total capacity of these batteries is not that high and they are not intended for use in situations where high current loads can be expected. The 9V Duracell Alkaline battery we have tested here managed to provide 311 mAh capacity before hitting the 6.6V cutoff voltage. We kind of expected the Duracell to perform a bit better than what we’ve got, but such capacity is to be expected from a decent 9V Alkaline battery anyway.

The performance of the 9V Duracell Alkaline Batteries in our tests:

– 311 mAh at 0.05A load

– 2.300 Wh at 0.05A load

9V Sony Ultra Super Carbon Zinc Battery Tests

17, Aug 2013

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The 9V Sony Ultra Super Carbon Zinc batteries we test here are rated with up to 3 years shelf life and are marked for use up to 11-2015. The Sony website does not have detailed specifications about these batteries, so we have to check them out by testing the actual capacity we can get out of these. Considering the fact that we are talking about a Carbon Zinc battery we don’t have very high expectations, even though Sony labels these batteries as Ultra Super.


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To test the capacity that 9V Carbon Zinc batteries can provide we are using a constant current discharge test with 0.05A load (50 miliampers) due to the fact that the total capacity of these batteries is not that high and they are not intended for use in situations where high current loads can be expected. The 9V Sony Ultra Super Carbon Zinc battery we have tested here managed to provide 151 mAh capacity before hitting the 5.4V cutoff voltage and that is actually quite normal performance for a 9V Carbon Zinc battery as these usually provide less capacity than Alkaline batteries and are a bit cheaper compared to Alkaline.

The performance of the 9V Sony Ultra Super Carbon Zinc Batteries in our tests:

– 151 mAh at 0.05A load

– 0.998 Wh at 0.05A load


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