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AND DISCHARGED.  I FOUND A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE IN THE VOLTAGES AMONG THE
BATTERIES AT BOTH LEVELS, SO I WONDERED IF THESE BATTERIES NEED TO BE
BALANCED.  I PURCHASED THE RECOMMENDED POWEROWL AA/AAA NIMH CHARGER ABOUT
15 FROM AMAZON, WHICH CHARGES UP TO EIGHT BATTERIES INDIVIDUALLY.  THERE IS
AN LCD SCREEN THAT SHOWS THE STATUS OF THE INDIVIDUAL BATTERIES.  THIS
CHARGER USES AN EXTERNAL USB POWER SUPPLY SOURCE, AND THE CHARGING CURRENT
IS THEN DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF BATTERIES THAT ARE BEING CHARGED, SO IT
DOES TAKE A WHILE TO CHARGE THE BATTERIES.  ONCE I HAD ALL 10 AA BATTERIES
CHARGED IN THIS NEW CHARGER, I PUT THE BATTERIES BACK INTO THE 10 CELL AA
PACK AND RE RAN THE CBA V ANALYSIS.  AS YOU CAN SEE IN FIGURE 6,
PERFORMANCE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED TO ABOUT 2R1 AH.  THAT IS LESS THAN
THE 2R8 AH CAPACITY ADVERTISED FOR THESE BATTERIES, BUT IT IS MUCH BETTER
THAN BEFORE AND SHOULD STILL GIVE ME MORE THAN 12 HOURS OF OPERATION WITH
MY QCX MINI.  WITHOUT THE CBA V, I WOULD HAVE JUST CHARGED THE 10 CELL PACK
WITH MY THUNDER AC680 CHARGER AND BEEN DISAPPOINTED WITH THE RESULTS.  THE
LESSON IS THAT WHEN USED IN A MULTI BATTERY PACK, AA NIMH BATTERIES NEED TO
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